Painting
- Title:
- Peter Harvey
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1901.007.02
- Creator:
- Ames, Joseph (1816-1872)
Artist - Date:
- 1854
- Description:
- Portrait of Peter Harvey (1810-1877), by Joseph Ames (1816-1872), 1854. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has curly brown hair and sideburns; bald on top of head; brown eyes. Sitter wears a large brown coat, maroon waistcoat, white shirt with standing collar, and black stock; hands are resting on lap. Red upholstered chair right background. Graduated brown background. Unsigned. Brass nameplate on frame: "Peter Harvey. / Joseph Ames." Gilded gesso over wood frame with Egyptian Revival motifs.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Brass
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-42 W-36 inches
- Provenance:
- Paintings of Daniel Webster (1901.007.01) and Peter Harvey (1901.007.02) were bequeathed to the New Hampshire Historical Society by Elizabeth F. Harvey (1813-1891), widow of Peter Harvey, friend and biographer of Daniel Webster.
Resolved: "That Mr. Harvey is respectfully solicited to permit his portrait to be painted for the Society, to be hung up in the hall, that the lineaments of the confidential associate of Webster, and of one of the principal benefactors of the Society, may never on this spot, pass out of memory." - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Elizabeth F. Harvey
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