Painting

Title:

Jacob Weeks

Object Name:

Painting

Creator:

Shute, Ruth Wittier
Shute, Samuel Addison

Date:

circa1830

Material:

Paint
Wood

Dimensions:

H-1.3 W-4.75 D-0.25 inches

Description:

Portrait of Jacob Weeks (1796-1878), by Samuel and Ruth Shute. Oil on panel, framed. Brass hanging ring on top of frame attached by two screws. Sitter is shown at half-length with black coat and white cloth underneath. Pin shown on cloth looks like gold with diamonds or pearls. (Painting has been cleaned.)
Mary Colby, youngest daughter of Hannah and Nathaniel Colby, married Jacob Weeks in 1820. Weeks was the son of Major William Weeks and Sarah Cotton of Hopkinton. Following Mary's death in 1841, Jacob remarried two times, to Mary Lancaster and Mary Rand.

Provenance:

Samuel A. Shute (1804-1836) and Ruth Whittier (1803-1882) were married in 1827 and moved to Weare, New Hampshire shortly thereafter. As no paintings have been discovered dated prior to 1827, it is assumed the Shute's began their careers as itinerant artists following their marriage. Their work can be divided into two periods. little is known about the first period, 1827-1831 except that the two artists generally worked separately and the paintings are very primitive. The second period, 1831-1833, is marked by the collaboration of the two where Ruth did the drawing and Samuel did the painting. Samuel died in 1836 and is buried in Concord, NH. Ruth remarried and continued painting until her death in 1882.

Subjects:

Portraits, Portrait paintings, Oil paintings

People:

Weeks, Jacob, Shute, Ruth Wittier, Shute, Samuel A.

Item Number:

1983.1800

Accession Number:

1983.1800

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Participating Organization:

Hopkinton Historical Society