Captain Nathan Alden
attributed to Frederick Mayhew, American, 1785 - 1854
formerly attributed to Cephas Thompson, American, 1775 - 1856
about 1820
Oil on canvas
Overall: 25 1/4 × 21 1/8 in. (64.1 × 53.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Eleanor St. George, in memory of her husband, Charles St. George
P.952.73.6
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Label on reverse: Cephas Thomas (Itinerant Painter of Middleboro, Mass. / Portrait of Captain Nathan Alden (21 x 25") / (6th in line from John & priscilla Alden). / Purchased about 1912 from the Alden Family who lived on the Shores of the Chautaugua New York where the Aldens formerly has migrated from Middleboro Mass.
Exhibition History
American 19th Century Paintings, Beaumont Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 4-31, 1974.
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,March 10-April 16, 1978.
Publication History
Arthur R. Blumenthal, Portraits at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire: Trustees of Dartmouth College, 1978, p. 53, no. 46.
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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