Painting

Title:

Abigail Melendy

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1999.004.03

Creator:

Badger, Thomas (1792-1868)Artist; Horton, Elisha (1794-1868)Manufacturer; Baker, Ruel (1792-1848)Retailer

Date:

1825-1830

Description:

Portrait of Abigail Melendy (1784-1830), attributed to Thomas Badger (1792-1868), 1825-1830. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has brown hair with center part, ringlets, and worn in a bun, fair skin, and brown eyes. She is wearing a black dress with a white ruffled collar, and a shawl with red and black floral edging. Green-yellow background with red highlights. Manufacturer's label, paper, on the stretcher reads "MANUFACTURED BY / ELISHA HORTON, / CANTON, MASS. / AND SOLD BY / RUEL BAKER / 410 Washington Street, Boston." Handwritten label applied "Abigail Melendy / Early 19th Century / Painted by / T. Badger". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame with net-like cove, and foliate corner designs with shells..

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-24 W-20 inches

Provenance:

Portraits were housed at the Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, N.H. -- where there are paintings of T. Badger and Rebecca Melendy -- then delivered to NHHS in March, 1999.
The four Melendy sisters portraits as well as the T. Badger portrait hung in the David (later Bean) House in Amherst, N.H. The house was later owned by Margaret B. Carey, mother of Ellison and C. David Carey III.
Hepsibah Melendy (1791-1877/87) -- Amherst, N.H. Unmarried.
Sarah Melendy (1792-1883) -- Amherst, N.H.
Abigail Melendy (1784-1830) -- Amherst, N.H. Twin brother, Daniel (1784-1814). Unmarried.
Thomas H. Badger (1792-1868) -- Painter. Married to Rebecca Melendy (1795-1852)

Credit Line:

Gift of Ellison M. Carey and C. David Carey III

People:

Melendy, Abigail (1784-1830), Badger, Thomas (1792-1868), Horton, Elisha (1794-1868), Baker, Ruel (1792-1848)

Subjects:

Sisters, Women, Twins, Portrait paintings, Portraits