Painting

Title:

Ichabod Bartlett

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2020.004.12

Creator:

Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord or Portsmouth, NH

Date:

circa 1817

Description:

Portrait of Ichabod Bartlett (1786-1853) of Durham and Portsmouth, NH. Painted by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), Concord or Portsmouth, c. 1817. Oil on millboard. Half-length portrait of man with curled brown hair wearing dark coat, white shirt and cravat, seated on a blue upholstered neoclassical side chair with dark background. Black wood frame with gilded liner. "TF2743C" written in red crayon on back of board and frame.

Material:

Paperboard

Dimensions:

H-12 W-10 inches

Provenance:

Modern manuscript notes by Henry B. Shepard, Jr., indicate that the portrait was owned by Martha Bartlett Angell (1833-1919) of Boston, a niece of Ichabod Bartlett, then by her cousin, Frances Perry Dudley (1861-1953) of Exeter, then by Frances Dudley's grandson, Henry B. Shepard, Jr. (1927-2002) and his wife Klaudia S. Shepard. The portrait was copied for an engraved portrait appearing The History of Salisbury, New Hampshire: From Date of Settlement to the Present Time. (Manchester, New Hampshire: William E. Moore, 1890), facing 453 and a portrait (p.890.3) painted in 1890 by U. D. Tenney in the collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College. Ichabod Bartlett (1786-1853), the subject of this portrait, was born in Salisbury, the son of Joseph and Hannah (Colcord) Bartlett. Educated at Dartmouth College, Bartlett next studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1812. He practiced in Durham, before making Portsmouth his home. Bartlett had a distinguished legal career and served in numerous elected local, state, and national government offices from 1817 through 1852. Chief among his accomplishments were serving in the United States House of Representatives from 1823 to 1829 and as president of the New Hampshire Historical Society from 1826 to 1830. Artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872) made three trips to communities across southern New Hampshire in 1816, 1817, and 1818 painting portraits of residents.

Credit Line:

Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard

People:

Bartlett, Ichabod (1786-1853), Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872)

Subjects:

Bartlett, Ichabod