Portrait of Edward Augustus Barrett

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
oil paint (paint)
panels (wood)
panel paintings (painting by form)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Label

Zedekiah Belknap spent his earliest years in central Massachusetts where his father worked as a tailor, before the family moved to Vermont to take up farming. Zedekiah was the only member of his family to be sent to college. He attended Dartmouth, graduating in 1807, and with a degree in theology preached for a few years. His earliest known painting is signed and dated 1810. “There is no evidence that Belknap ever had professional art training, but he was apparently quite a popular portrait painter in the small Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts towns through which he traveled during a career that spanned nearly forty years. About 150 signed or attributed likenesses have been discovered to date. [Elizabeth R. Mankin, "Zedekiah Belknap" Antiques Nov. 1976: 1056-1070]

Associated Person

Barrett, Edward, 1811-1832
Barrett, Charles, Jr., 1773-1836
Barrett, George Robert, 1844-1916

Associated Building

Used at Barrett House (New Ipswich, N.H.),

Maker

Attributed to Belknap, Zedekiah, 1781-1858 (Maker)

Location of Origin

NH, USA

Dimensions

26 x 21 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Caroline Barr Wade

Accession Number

1948.725

Reference Notes

Sander, Penny. Elegant Embellishments. Boston; SPNEA; 1982.

Places

New Hampshire (United States)