Painting
- Title:
- Sarah Elizabeth Haley
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2017.026.01
- Creator:
- Davis, Joseph H. (1811-1865)
- Place of Origin:
- Epping, NH
- Date:
- 1837
- Description:
- Portrait of Sarah Elizabeth Haley (1833-1912) of Epping, NH; 1837. Painted by Joseph H. Davis (1811-1865). Watercolor on paper. Vertical rectangle. Calligraphic ink inscription below image: "Sarah Elizabeth. Haley. Aged 4. yrs June 21. 1837." Portrait of a girl standing, facing right, dressed in light brown dress with white apron, holding basket of flowers in her right hand, and tulip in her left hand. A black and white cat stands on its hind legs, pawing at hem of her gown. Both stand on a patterned and colored carpet. The image is framed with corner rosettes/floral devices. Mounted in original mahogany veneer frame.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-9.3 W-7.4 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. Sarah Elizabeth Haley married Joseph Cilley Burley (1830-1890) on December 17, 1855. 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
- Subjects:
- Cats
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