Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Stephen Edson Paine (1830-1920)
Object Number:
1941.365
Date:
ca. 1852
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 29 x 24 in. ( 73.7 x 61 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject, the son of Stephen Paine (1791-1830) and Polly Ann (Calkins) Paine, was born in Greenfield, New York, and at the age of nineteen moved to New York City where he entered the publishing business and became a partner in the firm of Calkins and Paine. He later lived in Chicago and in Iowa City, Iowa. According to family tradition, this portrait and its companion were painted in Saratoga Springs, New York, in 1852, about the time that Mr. and Mrs. Paine were married.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Eleanor (Paine) Gardner
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
