Painting

Title:

Mary Colby Weeks

Object Name:

Painting

Creator:

Shute, Samuel Addison
Shute, Ruth Wittier

Date:

circa1830

Material:

Paint
Wood
Brass

Dimensions:

H-1.3 W-4.75 D-0.25 inches

Description:

Portrait of Mary Colby Weeks (1798-1841), by Samuel and Ruth Shute. Oil on panel, framed. Sitter is wearing a black dress with white lace collar. Plain background. Combs in hair, gold neckless, two tier earrings. Pin on Collar. (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, Mary Colby, Shute, Ruth Wittier, Shute, Samuel A.

Item Number:

1983.1801

Accession Number:

1983.1801

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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Participating Organization:

Hopkinton Historical Society