Henry Shaw
Cephas Thompson, American, 1775 - 1856
not dated
Oil on canvas
Overall: 26 1/4 × 22 1/4 in. (66.7 × 56.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Eleanor St. George, in memory of her husband, Charles St. George
P.952.73.5
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label on reverse: Purchased about 1912 from the Alden Family on the shores of Lake Chautauqua, NY migrated from Middleboro, Mass.
Exhibition History
Carpenter Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1976.
New Selections from the College Collection, Carpenter Hall, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire,February 23-June 30, 1979.
Portraits at Dartmouth, Jaffe-Friede Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Mary 10-April 16, 1978.
Provenance
Alden Family, Lake Chautauqua, New York; sold to Eleanor St. George (1880-unknown), about 1912; given to present collection, 1952.
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