Painting
- Title:
- Lieutenant Joseph Mills
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Creator:
- Joseph Stone
- Date:
- 1790
- Material:
- Oil on academy board
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
Framed dimension - Description:
- Portrait of Captain Joseph Mills, primitive style. Capt. Mills has brown hair and is wearing a blue jacket, grey waistcoat and a white ruffled shirt. His right hand is tucked into the waistcoat. The background is shaded yellow painted in an oval shape. Simple gilt frame.
Note on back of frame on white label states 'B8 8026f American 19th Portrait of General Mills' - Provenance:
- The portrait was painted by the folk artist Joseph Stone (1774-1818). He was born to Isaac and Persis Howe Stone in Framingham, Massachusetts. It is believed Stone worked on commissions as well as fire buckets, houses, coaches, and the like for multiple sources of income. Stone is sometimes referred to as the painter of the almond-shaped eye. The portrait was a gift of Joseph Carlton Beal in 1952.
Joeseph Mills was born on March 20, 1750 in Nottingham, New Hampshire. In October 1777, Joseph entered the First New Hampshire as an Ensign and became a Lieutenant in July 1780. In 1783, he joined the Society of the Cincinnati in the state of New Hampshire, where he eventually served as President. He married Lucy Rust in Ipswich, Massachusetts on August 13, 1785. Together, the couple had eight children: John, Sarah, Charlotte, Polly, Joesph, Lucy Ann, Elizabeth and Isabella. - Subjects:
- Portrait, Capt. Joseph Mills, Capt. Jos. Mills, 19th c. portraiture
- Place of Origin:
- Massachusetts
- Collection Name:
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
- Item Number:
- 1990.161
- Accession Number:
- 1990.161
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph Carlton Beal
- Participating Organization:
- American Independence Museum
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