Painting
- Title:
- Samuel Haley and Sally Haley
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2017.026.02
- Creator:
- Davis, Joseph H. (1811-1865)
- Place of Origin:
- Epping, NH
- Date:
- 1837
- Description:
- Portrait of Samuel Haley (1798-1884) and Sally Haley (1798-1854) of Epping, NH; 1837. Painted by Joseph H. Davis (1811-1865). Watercolor on paper. Horizontal rectangle. Calligraphic ink inscription below image: "Samuel Haley. Aged 39. May 19th 1837. / Sally Haley. Aged 39. June 25th 1837." Two figures seated in grain-painted chairs at a grain-painted table, on a patterned and colored carpet. The table holds a black top hat, small blue book, red Bible, and flowers in a blue pot. The man is dressed in a black overcoat with tan trousers and is pointing at a document resting on the table; the woman is dressed in a black gown with light blue shawl and white apron, and is holding an open red-covered book. A wreath and garland hang in background above table. Mounted in original mahogany veneer frame.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.4 W-13.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The portraits of Samuel Haley (1798-1884), his wife Sarah (Bartlett) Haley (1798-1854), and their daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Haley (1833-1912), were painted by Joseph H. Davis (1811-1865) during May and June of 1837. To date, Davis, then a resident of Vassalboro, ME, is documented to have painted more than 150 portraits across Rockingham and Strafford Counties in New Hampshire and York County, ME, between 1832 and 1837. The Haleys were prosperous farmers who lived on what is today known as North River Road in Epping, NH, for several generations. The portraits descended through Sarah Elizabeth's family to her great-great-granddaughter, Nancy B. Chase, of Epping. The portraits have only ever resided on North River Road, Epping, in the homes of their descendants. In 1943 they were in possession of Sarah Elizabeth's daughters, Alice Burley Curtis (1870-1946) and Jane Cilley Burley (1872-1962). Since 1963 they have been in the house in which Samuel and Sally Haley lived during the 19th century (presently 352 North River Road, Epping, NH).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Nancy B. Chase, great-great granddaughter of Samuel and Sally Haley
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