Painting

Title:

Susan Elizabeth Gould Kendall

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2016.030

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1840

Description:

Portrait of Susan Elizabeth Gould Kendall (1811-1881) of Concord, NH. Oil on canvas. Unidentified artist. Ink inscriptions on back of stretcher: "SUSAN ELIZABETH KENDALL / HOLLIS NEW HAMPSHIRE / CONCORD / GRANDMOTHER OF F.A.G. MERRILL / GREAT GRANDMOTHER OF / CHESTER R. SCRIBNER / CLEANED OCT. 1954 / DAMAR VARNISH". Framed.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-28.2 W-23.2 inches

Provenance:

Susan Elizabeth Gould Kendall (1811-1881) was the daughter of Major Ambrose Gould (1772-1842), moderator, selectman, town clerk, postmaster, innkeeper, and storekeeper in Hollis, NH, and Susan Farley. On November 7, 1836, she married Nathan Kendall (1809-1849) of Concord, NH, who was employed as a blacksmith at the Abbot-Downing Company. They were the parents of Civil War hero Major Frederick Augustus Gould Kendall (1838-1912) and Sarah Elizabeth Kendall (1841-1905), of Concord, who married the donor's great-grandfather, artist Edward West Merrill (1841-1910). Frederick Augustus Gould Merrill (1872-1956), the son of Sarah Elizabeth Kendall and Edward West Merrill, gave the portrait to Chester R. Scribner, father of the donor, Richard Merrill Scribner.

Credit Line:

Gift in remembrance of Frederick Augustus Gould Merrill (1872-1956), a man who loved New Hampshire, by Richard Merrill Scribner, in whom he instilled that love, and Richard's sons, David Merrill Scribner and Daniel Kassouni Scribner.

People:

Kendall, Susan Elizabeth Gould (1811-1881), Kendall, Nathan (1809-1849)

Subjects:

Gould, Susan Elizabeth Gould