Painting
- Title:
- Ebenezer Lane
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2023.019
- Creator:
- Folsom, Abraham (1805-1886)
- Date:
- circa 1835
- Description:
- Portrait of Ebenezer Lane by Abraham Folsom (1805-1886), oil on canvas, undated; c. 1835. Half-length portrait of a man with short black hair, receding hairline, and brown eyes; he is facing left, eyes toward viewer; wearing black coat with high collar, white shirt with high collar, and black cravat; arms folded, with three fingers of his right hand showing. Framed. Handwritten label on back of frame: "DAVID SELLIN / EBENEZER LANE BY / ABRAHAM FOLSOM / PEVERLY AUCTION / BRISTOL / c. 1953."
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-32.4 W-26.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Acquired by art historian and curator David Sellin (1930-2006) for a class he taught on early 19th-century portraits. Sold by Peverly Auctions, Bristol, NH. David Sellin spent summers on his farm in Gilmanton, NH, where he kept this painting. Donated by his widow, Anne Sellin.
Abraham Folsom (1805-1886) was a portrait and ornamental painter, as well as a chairmaker and furniture dealer, in Dover, NH. Only one other portrait by Folsom is known to exist, that of Rev. Joseph Hilliard, painted in 1835, in the collection of Historic New England.
The sitter may be Ebenezer Lane Jr. (1796-1840), a farmer in Chichester, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Anne Sellin
- Subjects:
- Portrait paintings
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