Painting

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2014.004

Creator:

Gates, Arabella Maria Belle (1840-1870)Artist

Place of Origin:

New London, NH

Date:

circa 1860

Description:

Landscape painting. Untitled pastoral scene, oil on canvas, by Arabella Maria Belle Gates (1840-1870) of New London, NH, c. 1860. Group of six people in foreground: woman holding bundle of grain on her head, seated woman holding baby, child gathering bundle of grain on ground, and two children on left. Fence and trees in middle ground. Field and mountain in left background. Ink inscription on back of stretcher: "By Cousin Belle Gates NEW LONDON". Framed.

Material:

Oil on canvas

Dimensions:

H-14 W-20 inches

Provenance:

Arabella Maria Belle Gates, the daughter of Henry R. and Jemima (Williams) Gates was born in New London, NH, on February 14, 1840. She attended the New London Literary and Scientific Institution, graduating in 1858. While at the school Arabella Gates studied art with Julia A. Gordon, Martha J. Carr, Narcissa V. Ayer, Sarah B. Clark, and Lucy A. Mason. Gates went on to serve on the faculty of the New London Literary and Scientific Institution from 1863 through 1866 as the teacher of Painting and Drawing. She was a resident of Concord in 1870 working as an artist. Gates died on July 16, 1870 at New London. The painting was purchased in 2013 at the estate auction of Dorothy Sanborn, who was a relative of the artist.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Gates, Arabella Maria Belle (1840-1870)

Subjects:

Pastoral scene