Painting

Title:

Ulysses Dow Tenney

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2022.006

Creator:

Unidentified artist

Date:

circa 1900

Description:

Portrait of Ulysses D. Tenney (1826-1908) by unidentified artist. Bust-length profile. Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard. Fumed oak frame. Printed label on backing paper: "There, with Mr. U. D. Tenney, New / Hampshire's distinguished portrait / painter, with whom she began..."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.5 W-5.5 inches

Provenance:

Artist and portrait painter Ulysses Dow Tenney was born in Hanover, NH, in 1826, son of John and Tryphena (Dow) Tenney. Tenney studied painting with his uncle, Adna Tenney, his cousin, Roswell T. Smith, Francis Alexander of Boston, and George A. Baker of New York. In 1849 he settled in Manchester, NH, working for fourteen years, with two years at Hanover, and two years at Concord, residing at New Haven starting in 1866. Starting in 1874, Tenney painted hundreds of portraits of political leaders, government officials, clergymen, and educators in the cities of New Hampshire, chiefly Portsmouth, Manchester, Concord, and Hanover. His portraits hang at the New Hampshire State House, Dartmouth College, and Yale University, as well as public and private collections in Boston, Portsmouth, and Manchester.

The portrait was last owned by David R. Broehl (1947-2020), husband of the donor. David Broehl grew up in Hanover, NH, where his father, Wayne G. Broehl, taught at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margo E. Broehl, in memory of David R. Broehl

People:

Tenney, Ulysses D. (1826-1908)

Subjects:

Tenney, Ulysses Dow