Painting
- Title:
- George Curwen Ward
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2011.012.01
- Creator:
- Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)
- Date:
- circa 1850
- Description:
- Portrait of George Curwen Ward (1786-1880), by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), c. 1850. Oil on canvas. Bust-length. Paper label adhered to back of frame, top center, inscribed in pencil, "George Curwin Ward / Born in Salem, Mass 1781 / Died in Franklin N.H. 1876 / Age 95".
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-26 W-22.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended from George and Mary Ward's son, Richard, who married Mary Ann Ingalls, a younger sister of Walter Ingalls, in 1843. The donor was a descendant of Richard and Mary Ann Ward.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Florence-Gene Ward Orr
- Subjects:
- Portrait paintings, Portraits, Shoe making, Shoemakers, Shoemaking, Shoes, Shoe industry
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