Painting
- Title:
- John Fabyan Parrott
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2007.009
- Creator:
- Jennys, William (1774-1859)
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- circa 1804
- Description:
- Portrait of John Fabyan Parrott (1767-1836), attributed to William Jennys (1774-1859), c. 1804. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has long gray hair and brown eyes. He is wearing a dark blue coat and white cravat tied with a bow. Oval compostion on a vertical rectangle canvas with dark green oval border and green painted spandrels. Greenish brown background. Unsigned. Molded wood frame painted black.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-29.5 W-23 inches
- Provenance:
- John Fabyan Parrott (1767-1836) of Portsmouth, NH, was a member of the U.S. Congress and Senate. Margery Hall Fawcett (1904-2006) was great granddaughter of John F. Parrott. She inherited portrait from her mother in 1947.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Margery Hall Fawcett
- Subjects:
- Portraits, Portrait paintings, Senators (U.S.), Politicians
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