Painting

Title:

Oliver Carleton

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1963.008.04

Creator:

Treadwell, Jonathan (1813-1883)Artist

Place of Origin:

Salem, MA or Portland, ME

Date:

circa 1840

Description:

Portrait of Oliver Carleton (1801-1882), attributed to Jonathan Treadwell (1813-1883), c. 1840. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a man, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has black hair parted in middle, almost covering ears and brown eyes. Wearing a black coat, white shirt with high collar and a black cravat. Dark gray-black background. Unsigned. Modern gilded molded frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-28.1 W-24 inches

Provenance:

Oliver Carleton was the son of Deacon John Carleton (1762-1835) and Judith Weston Carleton (1763-1824). Born July 20, 1801, in Mont Vernon, NH. Prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, MA; graduated from Dartmouth, 1824; tutor at Dartmouth, principal of academies at various places in MA and NH. From 1832 to 1856 was principal of the Salem Latin School, afterwards head of private schools in Portsmouth, NH, and Salem, MA. He died in Salem, MA, June 21, 1882. He married three times: Margaretta Claggett (1803-1829) of Amherst, Louisa Bartlett (1809-1840) of Haverhill, MA, and Mary Smith (1803-1874) of Salem, MA .

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles B. Robinson

People:

Carleton, Oliver (1801-1882), Treadwell, Jonathan (1813-1883), Robinson, Charles B. (1879-1969)

Subjects:

Carleton, Oliver, Teachers, Principals, School