Painting
- Title:
- General Solomon McNeil
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2008.011.01
- Creator:
- Lawson, Thomas B. (1807-1888)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Boston, MA (?)
- Date:
- 1838
- Description:
- Portrait of General Solomon McNeil (1782-1862), by Thomas B. Lawson (1807-1888); 1838. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of man, facing slightly right; looking toward viewer. Sitter has short gray hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a white high collar, black stock, black coat, and waistcoat buttoned to the neck. Brown background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Solomon McNeil (1782-1862) was the son of Gen. John McNeil (1757-1836) of Hillsborough, NH, and brother of Gen. John McNeil (1784-1850). Solomon married Nancy M. Pierce (1792-1837), second daughter of Gov. Benjamin Pierce. His brother John married Elizabeth A. Pierce, eldest daughter of Gov. Pierce. Both brothers fought in the War of 1812.
In 1913 the portrait was owned by Mrs. Charles F. M. Stark and John M. Stark and loaned to the New Hampshire Historical Society for exhibition. Purchased at Dawson and Nye Auction, Morris Plains, NJ, Lot #1076, on January 24, 2008. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- Subjects:
- Generals, Military officers, Portraits, Portrait paintings
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