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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.437
People
Francis Alexander, American (Killingly, CT 1800 - 1880 Florence, Italy)
Title
(Asa) Samuel Hammond
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1825
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/192413

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.7 cm (30 1/8 x 25 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left side of frame, graphite: 3241 [illegible text]
  • label: verso, upper left of frame, typed: Property of / Anstiss Hammond Drake / Alexander / Asa Samuel Hammond
  • label: verso, lower right of frame, typed: (ASA) SAMUEL HAMMOND / born 1766 died 1838 / married 1794 / Sarah Dawes / Portrait by Alexander / probably about 1825 / given to daughter / Mrs. Nathaniel P. Russell / (Hannah Dawes Hammond) / given by Edith, Lady Playfair / to Samuel Hammond / about 1920

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. (Asa) Samuel Hammond, by descent; to Mrs. Nathaniel P. Russell (Hannah Dawes Hammond), their daughter, gift; to Edith, Lady Playfair (nee Russell), gift (?); to Samuel Hammond, c. 1920, by descent; to Mrs. Samuel Hammond, 1934, by descent; to Mason Hammond, her son, Cambridge, by descent; to Mrs. Anstiss Hammond Krueck, his daughter, Chicago, 1973 gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Anstiss Hammond Krueck in loving memory of Florence and Mason Hammond
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.437
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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