Sign for Hinman's Inn
Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by
Amos Hinman
American
Original OwnerPossibly originally owned by
Aaron Hinman
American
MakerMaker
Unknown
Dateabout 1795-1815
MediumPaint on hardwood, probably black cherry board, oak bracket, iron hardware
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including hardware): 56 1/2 x 41 1/4in. (143.5 x 104.8cm)
Other (height x width of sign only ): 44 1/2 x 28in. (113 x 71.1cm)
Other (height x width of sign only ): 44 1/2 x 28in. (113 x 71.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCollection of Morgan B. Brainard. Gift of Mrs. Morgan B. Brainard
DescriptionImages: On both sides, a radiant sun with facial features, centered on an oval panel. No underlying imagery.
Construction: Single board, cut into smooth-edged oval shape, with flat horizontal rails and turned posts. The board is oriented vertically and is attached with wooden dowels to the centerpoints of the rails and posts. Rails are cut from single boards, with shaped profiles on both edges, joined to posts with offset, double tenons mortised into posts and secured with wooden pins.
Surface: The yellow pigment used for the sun has been identified as a pale litharge-based color, probably Patent or Montpellier's yellow used by house painters until the introduction of Chrome Yellow around 1815; the background was white, now largely worn off. Both sides display centering holes and compass arcs used to lay out the sun's disk, with divider holes marking the spacing of rays. The name banner, with white letters on a black band, resembles work on later signs, as the Sign for Wightman's Inn, about 1815-24.
Construction: Single board, cut into smooth-edged oval shape, with flat horizontal rails and turned posts. The board is oriented vertically and is attached with wooden dowels to the centerpoints of the rails and posts. Rails are cut from single boards, with shaped profiles on both edges, joined to posts with offset, double tenons mortised into posts and secured with wooden pins.
Surface: The yellow pigment used for the sun has been identified as a pale litharge-based color, probably Patent or Montpellier's yellow used by house painters until the introduction of Chrome Yellow around 1815; the background was white, now largely worn off. Both sides display centering holes and compass arcs used to lay out the sun's disk, with divider holes marking the spacing of rays. The name banner, with white letters on a black band, resembles work on later signs, as the Sign for Wightman's Inn, about 1815-24.
Object number1961.63.31
InscribedOn side 1, in banner above sun, "A. Hinman."; in banner below sun, "Inn." On side 2, in banner above sun, "A. Hinmans,"; in banner below sun, "Inn."Subject Terms
Collections
- Tavern and Inn Signs
On View
On view
1820-1838
1827-1836