Family Portrait of Charles and Comfort Caverly and Their Son Isaac
Maker
Joseph H. Davis
(American, 1811 - 1865)
Collections
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Date1836
Mediumwatercolor, pen, and ink
Dimensionsframe: 12 1/2 x 17 x 1 1/2 in. (31.8 x 43.2 x 3.8 cm.)
DescriptionFamily portrait of Charles and Comfort Caverly and their son Isaac, 1836. Depicted seated at table with Mr. Caverly reading the "Dover Gazette", the baby on Mrs. Caverly's lap. Inscribed "Charles Caverly, aged 52 Sept 27th, Isaac L Caverly, aged 13 months, Comfort Caverly, aged 44, February 10, 1836.
Inscribedcalligraphic inscription in lower register: Charles Caverly, Aged 52 Sept 27th. Isaac L. Caverly, Aged 13 months. Comfort Caverly, Aged 44, Feb. 10, 1836. Painted at Caverly's Hill, one mile from Bow Pond. July 16th 1836.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Status
On viewObject number2020.15.14
