Painting
- Title:
- Mary P. Evans
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2005.034.02
- Creator:
- Hoit, William B.
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1841
- Description:
- Portrait of Mary Pierce (Mrs. Elias) Evans (1817-1876), by William B. Hoit (1810-1873), Concord, NH, 1841. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman; eyes slightly to left. Sitter has brown hair, parted in the middle with curly tendrils behind ears. Wearing gray dress with wide neck, lace at neckline, horizontal gather on bodice, and full sleeves with bows. Light orange and red textile, lower left. Brown background. Reverse of canvas signed in black paint: "Mary P. Evans / Painted June 1841 / By WB Hoit". 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:
- Mary Beals Pierce (1817-1876), born Winchendon, MA, daughter of Cyrus and Martha Pierce. Married Elias Evans (1798-1880) in Worcester, MA. Resided Concord, NH.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- Subjects:
- Portrait paintings, Portraits, Women
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