Painting
- Title:
- Luther Dana Brooks
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1955.227.03
- Creator:
- Belknap, Zedekiah (1781-1858)
Artist - Date:
- 1825/5
- Description:
- Portrait of Luther Dana Brooks (1795-1829) by Zedekiah Belknap (1781-1858), May 1825. Oil on panel. Bust-length view of seated man facing left with head turned toward front. Sitter has dark brown hair with side whiskers; brown eyes. Wearing a double-breasted black coat with gold-colored buttons; waistcoat with blue, yellow, and white stripes; and white stock, shirt frill and standing collar. Seated in a painted chair, apparently of "thumb-back" Windsor type, a stile and part of the crest rail of which are visible at right. Dark gray-green background with darker area a lower left. Chair, orange-brown, with dark brown (or black) decoration composed of undulating and interlaced vines. Reverse of panel unpainted, with large-scale painted inscription, reading: "Portrait of / Luther Dana Brooks, / son of Isaac and Abigail Brooks, / born in Amherst N.H. / July 6th 1795. / Drawn by Z.Belknap. / Weathersfield, Vt. / May 1825." Early pencil inscription also on reverse, reading: "Portrait of / Luther Dana Brooks." Molded wood frame, painted black with interior and exterior gilding.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-27.25 W-22.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Portraits may have been given by Isaac Brooks Dodge, grandson of Isaac Brooks (1757-1841), and son of Abigail Brooks Dodge (1806-1872). He was a member of the NHHS. He died at Amherst, Aug. 24, 1905. There is no mention of portraits in the inventory of his estate.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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