Painting
- Title:
- Elias Evans
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2005.034.01
- Creator:
- Hoit, William B.
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1841
- Description:
- Portrait of Elias Evans (1798-1880), by William B. Hoit (1810-1873), Concord, NH, 1841. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man. Sitter has short black hair and gray eyes. Wearing a brown coat with dark brown velvet collar, green waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and black stock with bow. Scrolled faux-grained sofa arm with sitters right arm draped over back at left. Brown background. Reverse of canvas signed in black paint: "E. Evans / Painted June 1841 / By W B Hoit / Concord N H". Stretcher made of rough pieces of wood painted gray/green, with mortises for hinges; inner edges of side pieces roughly shaved down. Molded wood frame painted gold.
- Material:
- Textile
Oil on canvas - Dimensions:
- H-26.25 W-22.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Elias Evans (1798-1880), Concord, NH, son of Thomas and Rebeckah Evans. Married Mary Beals Pierce (1817-1876) in Worcester, MA, 1837. Listed in 1844 Concord Directory as chair painter, Union Street.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Evans, Elias, Hoit, William B. (1810-1873)
- Subjects:
- Portraits, Portrait paintings, Artists
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