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Exhibition History“Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York,” New York Historical Society, NY, February 1, 1959 – February 28, 1959; Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, NY, January 4, 1959 – January 25, 1959; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, November 30, 1958 – December 21, 1958; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, October 30, 1958 – November 20, 1958; Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, September 26, 1958 – October 21, 1958; New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, June 14, 1958 – September 15, 1958.
“Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist,” Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, December 9, 1968 – January 4, 1969; Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, May 10, 1988 – June 26, 1988; Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, July 3, 1988 – October 26, 1988; New York State Museum, Albany, NY, November 12, 1988 – January 29. 1989.
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (Cooperstown: NYSHA, 1987), pp. 156-157.
Leigh Rehner, Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist, (exh. cat. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College Museum of Art, 1968), p. 43. ill. 46 and 47.
Agnes Halsey Jones, Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York, 1700-1875. (exh. cat. Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1958), pp. 74-75, ill. 70 and 72.
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Artist
Henry Walton
(1804 - 1865)
Emeline Boynton
Date1845
DimensionsSight: 9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in. (24.8 × 19.5 cm)
Object numberN0216.1970
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Albert Force
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThe Boynton portraits date from Walton's later period of watercolor portraiture. The subjects' facial features and hands are heavily shaded with strokes of brown to convey rounded form and soft contour. Mrs. Boynton's white ruffled bonnet and dress collar with delicate lace edges and the white handkerchief placed casually on her lap in rippling folds of material demonstrate Walton's ease in interpreting line and volume.
Henry Boynton and his family are cited in federal census records, dating from 1840 through 1870, as residents of Groton, Tompkins County, New York. These records indicate that Henry was born in Vermont and worked as a farmer and carpenter. His wife Emeline, and their two children Hannah and Harriet were all born in Tompkins County.
Exhibition History“Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York,” New York Historical Society, NY, February 1, 1959 – February 28, 1959; Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts, Syracuse, NY, January 4, 1959 – January 25, 1959; Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, November 30, 1958 – December 21, 1958; Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY, October 30, 1958 – November 20, 1958; Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY, September 26, 1958 – October 21, 1958; New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, NY, June 14, 1958 – September 15, 1958.
“Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist,” Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, December 9, 1968 – January 4, 1969; Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, May 10, 1988 – June 26, 1988; Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, July 3, 1988 – October 26, 1988; New York State Museum, Albany, NY, November 12, 1988 – January 29. 1989.
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces: Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (Cooperstown: NYSHA, 1987), pp. 156-157.
Leigh Rehner, Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist, (exh. cat. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College Museum of Art, 1968), p. 43. ill. 46 and 47.
Agnes Halsey Jones, Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York, 1700-1875. (exh. cat. Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1958), pp. 74-75, ill. 70 and 72.
On View
Not on viewc.1862
c. 1875-1880
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