Portraits Record

Images

1 of 1977

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Catalog Number

PA.009

Title

Hamilton Fish Webster

Artist

Chartran, Théobald, 1849-1907

Date

1892

Description

Hamilton Fish Webster (1861-1939), born in New York city, as the only child of Sidney Webster and Sarah Morris Fish, daughter of Hamilton Fish, prominent New York Statesman and Cabinet member. Hamilton Webster graduated from Columbia in 1883 and in 1891 married Lina Post. After spending many summers in Newport, he became a legal resident in 1901, living at "Pen Craig" (since demolished). Long active in Newport civic affairs, he was a stockholder of the Newport Casino, one of the founders of the Seaman's Church Institute, and one of the directors of the Redwood Library for many years. He died in Newport 26 September 1939. He was a first cousin once removed of Hamilton Fish Kean, the donor of the painting.

Portrait. Adult seated male subject in slightly below knee-length view, facing right three-quarter turn. He leans slightly forward and to the left, looking down on the viewer. His right arm rests on the edge of a table, the hand holding a pair of sienna gloves while the left arm and hand, bent at the wrist rest on the left knee. The subject has brown eyes and hair, parted in the middle and combed flat, and a brown full moustache. He wears a dark brown suit, dark blue tie and white shirt with a high collar. He has rings on the small finger of each hand. The plain background shades from dark brown on the left to russet on the right.

Object Name

Painting

Medium

Oil Paint

Material

Canvas

Dimensions

H-116.8 W-89 cm

Credit line

Gift of Hamilton Fish Kean

Provenance

1956, January 22 - Gift of Hamilton Fish Kean
The work previously hung in the second floor hall of Pen Craig, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster.

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