Painting

Object Name:

Painting

Date:

circa1830

Material:

Paint
Canvas
Wood

Dimensions:

H-1.3 W-4.75 D-0.25 inches
Frame size: 17.5"H x 15.0"w
Image Size: 14.0" H x 11.5"W

Description:

Oil on board painting of Hamilton Eliot Perkins (1807 - 1886). Depicts a man, leaning on his hand, and dressed in a black and brown suit with a white collar. He is posed in a library and several books can be seen in the background as well as a curtain and a Doric column. The paint is rough to the touch but even all around the surface. The frame is wood painted gold. The frame has one "hill" that rises slightly above the painting, then goes into a valley that once again goes back up and creates a "hill" much larger than the first ridge. The sides of the frame are not painted and show the wood color is tan. The back of the piece is not painted and the wood here is dark colored. On the bottom of the frame is a black piece of paper that says in faded words "Elliot Blakesleep Noyes/ Paintings Engravings Ch--mos/ Studies Statuettes / Mirrors and Picture Frames/ 127 Tremont St. Boston/ (Old Stand of A. A. Child and Co.)" The back also has pencil writing that says "HAMILTON ELIOT PERKINS/ PAINTED BY C. OSGOOD / IN HOPKINTON" A sticker at the top says "Sumpter Priddy III / Alexandria, VA 299-0800" Nails hold the picture in frame and a wire across the back holds the frame up. In pencil there is writing that says "Nealy"
Frame size: 17.5"H x 15.0"w
Image Size: 14.0" H x 11.5"W

Provenance:

Painted in Hopkinton, NH. Hamilton Eliot Perkins, the subject, was born in 1807 Hopkinton. He married in 1832 and produced eight children and became postmaster from 1849 to 1853. He moved to Boston for two years before returning to New Hampshire and spent the last of his days in Concord and died in 1886.

Subjects:

Oil paintings, Portrait paintings, Portraits

People:

Perkins, Hamilton Eliot, Osgood, Charles

Item Number:

2000.0006

Accession Number:

2000.0006

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Hopkinton Historical Society

Credit Line:

NHAS Purchase

Participating Organization:

Hopkinton Historical Society