Mrs. John Haskins (née Hannah Upham)

Joseph Badger

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Joseph Badger, a self-taught house painter turned artist, was a popular portraitist of middle-class Bostonians during the 1750s. Badger worked in a modest style, characterized by a simple palette of blues and browns and a sparing use of paint. This portrait of Hannah Haskins was most likely commissioned as a pendant pair with that of her husband, John Haskins, at the left. Mrs. Haskins followed the Congregationalist faith while her husband was a devout Episcopalian, and on Sundays they led separate contingents of their children to their respective churches. Though the staid appearance of the portraits may be a result of Badger’s limited training, the style suits the pious couple.

Caption

Joseph Badger American, 1708–1765. Mrs. John Haskins (née Hannah Upham), 1759. Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 × 28 3/8 in. (91 × 72 cm) frame: 42 × 34 × 2 1/2 in. (106.7 × 86.4 × 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 52.43. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 52.43.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Mrs. John Haskins (née Hannah Upham)

Date

1759

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

35 13/16 × 28 3/8 in. (91 × 72 cm) frame: 42 × 34 × 2 1/2 in. (106.7 × 86.4 × 6.4 cm)

Signatures

Unsigned

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

52.43

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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