Painting
- Title:
- Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2004.047
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Portrait of Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865) of Canterbury, NH, unknown artist, c. 1900. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man with black hair and brown eyes. Wearing wide black stock, white shirt, black waistcoat, and coat. Sitter's right arm is bent; resting on red upholstery; right hand visible. Red wallpaper with diamond pattern and center dots in background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-24 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor is a descendant of Joseph Morrill Harper.
Dr. Joseph Morrill Harper (1787-1865) was born in Limerick, Maine, and went to school in Fryeburg. He started practicing medicine in Sanbornton, NH in 1810 and moved to Canterbury in 1811. He was a surgeon in the War of 1812. He served in the NH legislature, as ex officio Governor in 1831, and in the U.S. Congress, 1831-35. He died in Canterbury. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Harriet Harper
- Subjects:
- Harper, Dr. Joseph Morrill, Medicine, Doctors
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