Painting

Title:

Isaac Adams

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1969.051.03

Creator:

Billings, Edwin T. (1824-1893)Artist

Place of Origin:

MA

Date:

circa 1870

Description:

Portrait of Isaac Adams (1802-1883), by Edwin T. Billings (1824-1893). c. 1870. Oil on canvas. Three-quarter-length portrait of a man; facing left. Sitter has short gray hair and blue eyes. He is wearing a white shirt with standing collar, black stock, black coat, and brass button or pin on shirt front. Sitter's hands are clasped in lap; right elbow resting on red covered table. He is seated in a Renaissance-Revival chair. Graduated brown background. Unsigned. Brass nameplate on frame: "ISAAC ADAMS". Gilded gesso over wood frame, foliate and berries exterior, spotted cove, interior beaded trim with twists.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-39.9 W-33 inches

Provenance:

Isaac Adams was born in 1803, East Rochester, NH. Inventor. At 18, he moved to Sandwich to become a cabinetmaker. Moved on to Dover, NH, and Boston, MA, working in factories and machine shops. In 1827, he invented a printing press, and became wealthy. He eventually returned to Sandwich and died in 1883.

Credit Line:

Anonymous Gift

People:

Adams, Isaac (1802-1883), Billings, Edwin T. (1824-1893)

Subjects:

Adams, Isaac, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Inventors, Printing, Printing presses, Cabinet making, Industrialization, Industry