House of Isaac Bliss, Hartford, Connecticut
PainterPainted by
Joseph Ropes
American, 1813 - 1885
Date1854
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in wood frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 18 x 24in. (45.7 x 61cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 23 x 29 x 1 1/4in. (58.4 x 73.7 x 3.2cm)
Frame (height x width x depth): 23 x 29 x 1 1/4in. (58.4 x 73.7 x 3.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Miss Charlotte Tyler
DescriptionA white picket fence is in front of a center-chimney saltbox frame house; several trees, including elm trees are on either side of it. A second building to the right may be a barn or carriage house. A man and a child walk on the sidewalk in front of the house. A post is probably a hitching post. Another man is in the foreground, beside a dirt road.
Object number1914.2.0
MarkingsOn back of backing, on gummed label, printed in black ink, "THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM / 600 Main Street / Hartford, CT 06103 / Joseph Ropes / House of Isaac Bliss, Hartford / 1854 / oil on canvas / CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM, THE / T. L. 2004.19.8.3"On back of frame, on gummed label, printed in black ink, "SHORTELL FRAMING / 262 Sisson Avenue Hartford, CT 06105 (860) 236-4787"
On back of frame, stamped in black ink, "PRESTO FRAME 028"
On back of molding, stamped in black ink, "LARSON-JOHL"InscribedOn back of canvas, upper center, in red paint, "1914-2-0"NotesSubject Note: The house stood on what is now Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut, just southwest of the present day Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch. It was owned by Isaac Bliss, a tanner. His granddaughter donated the painting to the Connecticut Historical Society.
Genealogical Note: Isaac Bliss was born 10 August 1760, the son of Jedediah and Miriam (Hitchcock) Bliss of Springfield, Massachusetts. He married Welthea (1766-1832), daughter of George and Mary Butler of Hartford, Connecticut on 3 September 1886. They had eleven children. Isaac Bliss died on 19 June 1845.
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