Unidentified artist, Portrait of Harriet Dockum Pike, 1837-40

Painting

Portsmouth Historical Society

Name/Title

Unidentified artist, Portrait of Harriet Dockum Pike, 1837-40

Entry/Object ID

484

Description

Oil portrait of Harriet Dockum Pike in gilt frame with matching decorations (leaf decor) as 463. Card with H.D.P. Daughter of Samuel and Lucy Norton Dockham. Wife of John T.G. Pike. Married 12/12/1837 b. 1815 d. 1840 aged 24. Brooch worn in painting is #485. Conserved by Erling Hansen, 1985,

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, canvas

Collection

Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial Collection

Acquisition

Accession

484

Source or Donor

Clough, Leslie W.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Date made

1830 - 1849

Notes

Date: ca. 1837-1840

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

UDF21: paper label next to portrait: “Harriet Dockum Pike daughter of Samuel and Lucy Norton Dockum, married December 12, 1837. b. 1815 d 1840 aged 24”

General Notes

Note

Notes: daughter of Samuel Dockum and wife of Dr. John TG Pike Card says that this has been restored, and the original brooch she wore for this portrait is attached to the frame--see #485. Status By: Kindstedt, Susan Stowe Status Date: 1999-02-14