Collection Highlights
Negro Life at the South
Date:
1859
Object Number:
S-225
Medium:
Oil on linen
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Luce Center
Charles Hawley (1792-1866)
Object Number:
1941.1040
Date:
c. 1860
Medium:
Charcoal and black and white chalks on brown paper, laid on another sheet, laid on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. ( 77.5 x 62.2 cm )
Marks:
inscriptions: none
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Capt. Cyrus Hawley and Mary (Curtis) Hawley. In 1821 he married Mary Stiles Holly; they had eight children, one of whom was the artist. Hawley was a prominent lawyer of Fairfield County, Connecticut, and a member of the state legislature as well as lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1838 to 1842. This portrait, a gift to the Society from his granddaughter, was probably based on a photograph made about 1855 or 1860.
Credit Line:
Gift of Adelaide Milton De Groot
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
