Painting

Title:

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Object Name:

Painting

Creator:

Healy, G. P. A. (1813-1894) -- Artist

Date:

1852

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-29.5 W-24.5 inches

Description:

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), by G.P.A. Healy (1813-1894), 1852. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has medium-length black hair, black eyebrows, and gray eyes. He is wearing a black coat and waistcoat, white shirt with high collar, and black cravat tied in a bow. Green background. Signed and dated, lower right: "G.P.A. Healy / 1852." Gilded gesso over wood frame with exterior and interior twisted rope molding, convex cove with leaves, rounded corners on window.

Provenance:

Franklin Pierce commissioned this portrait of his lifelong friend, Nathaniel Hawthorne, whom he had met while attending Bowdoin College. During Pierce's administration, the portrait hung in the White House.

Subjects:

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, Authors, Portrait paintings, Portraits

People:

Hawthorne, Nathaniel (1804-1864), Healy, George P. A. (1813-1894), Pierce, Franklin (1804-1869)

Collection Name:

Inventory

Item Number:

1961.048.02

Accession Number:

1961.048

Type of Material:

Objects

Copyright Statement:

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

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

Participating Organization:

New Hampshire Historical Society