Painting
- Title:
- Andrew McMillan
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2001.006
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- New York or Maine
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Portrait of Andrew McMillan (1803-1875), unknown artist, c. 1820. Oil on wood panel. Half-length portrait of a man. Sitter has brown eyes and curly brown hair. He is wearing white collar, black cravat, white ruffle, and dark coat with 12 brass buttons. Seated on a red-upholstered couch. Graduated tan and dark brown background. Chalk inscription on the reverse: "13/16". Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-26.75 W-22.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Bequest of Emily Merrill reads: "To the Historical Society of Concord, New Hampshire, the portrait of Colonel Andrew McMillan currently located in my residence at 109 Pine Street, Norwell, Massachusetts." The sitter is probably Andrew McMillan (1803-1875), grandson of Col. McMillan.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Emily M. Merrill
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