On View
Not on viewHenry D. Thoreau
Date1800s
Terms
- Photographs
- Gilt
- Photograph
- Hair
- Paper
Dimensions22.84 × 27.92 cm (9 × 11 in.)
MarkingsWritten on back: "Henry D. Thoreau." Label: "This portrait of Henry D. Thoreau with a lock of his hair was given by Sophia E. Thoreau to Mrs. Jennie M. Le Brun in 1872. Presented to me by Mrs. Le Brun September 27, 1917. A.T."
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Adams Tolman (1941)
Object numberTH89
DescriptionPortrait of a man, shoulders and head, turned slightly proper right. Dark jacket and neckcloth. Oval mat with gilt boarder. Lock of hair at bottom of oval (Henry D. Thoreau's hair). Narrow black wood frame decorated with fine white lines, a conventionalized flower in each corner with a spray of leaves on either side. Glass is broken in two places, upper right corner. Reduced photograph of the crayon portrait by Rowse of Worcester
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
- Photographs
Object number: 2006.231.5
Late 1800s
Object number: H1664
Joseph (1734-1787) Webb
1760-1770