Drawings

Family Portrait of Charles and Comfort Caverly and Their Son Isaac

Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1836
Accession number: 2020.15.14
Maker: Joseph H. Davis(Opens in new tab) (American, 1811–1865)
Dimensions: frame: 12 1/2 x 17 x 1 1/2 in. (31.8 x 43.2 x 3.8 cm.)
Medium: watercolor, pen, and ink
Description: Family 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.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Jonathan and Karin Fielding
Department: American Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

You might also be interested in