Portrait of the Honorable Henry P. Field
Image ID: ART025
A portrait painting of Henry P. Field, Library Trustee and President of the of Forbes Library Board of Trustees, 1922-1937. Oil on canvas signed in red l.l., undated .
Judge Henry P. Field (1858-1937), pained in his judicial robes, succeeded Watson as Library president. A respected jurist who presided over the Hampshire County Probate Court, he was mayor of Northampton in 1897, and dean and head of Hampshire County Bar Association. Active in Republican politics, he mentored Calvin Coolidge when, as a young man, Coolidge came to study law in Field's office, Hammond and Field. He was a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Michigan Law School before moving to Northampton, where his record of public service spanned fifty years.
At his death in 1937, he bequeathed his entire personal library, and that of is father, to Forbes. The collection contained many valuable books, including signed copies and first editions. He also left a generous addition to the endowment he already had established. (See, also, Italian chest.)
Ercole Cartotto
The artist, Ercole Cartotto (1888 to 1946), was born in Piemonte, Italy, and came to Northampton at age 17 to join his brother. He studied both at Hawley Grammar and the People's Institute before entering the School of Fine Arts in Boston. Opening a studio in New York, he painted such eminent Americans as Dwight W. Morrow, Thomas Alva Edison, and Justice Harlan F. Stone, as well as President Calvin Coolidge, in 1927, in the White House (portrait now at Amherst College). Cartotto's work also can be found, among many other paces, in the Vatican, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Smith College.
In 1940, the Trustees commissioned Cartotto for two portraits, for $750 each, plus $54 each for the frames. Finished in 1941, the paintings were done posthumously from photographs.
Judge Henry P. Field (1858-1937), pained in his judicial robes, succeeded Watson as Library president. A respected jurist who presided over the Hampshire County Probate Court, he was mayor of Northampton in 1897, and dean and head of Hampshire County Bar Association. Active in Republican politics, he mentored Calvin Coolidge when, as a young man, Coolidge came to study law in Field's office, Hammond and Field. He was a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Michigan Law School before moving to Northampton, where his record of public service spanned fifty years.
At his death in 1937, he bequeathed his entire personal library, and that of is father, to Forbes. The collection contained many valuable books, including signed copies and first editions. He also left a generous addition to the endowment he already had established. (See, also, Italian chest.)
Ercole Cartotto
The artist, Ercole Cartotto (1888 to 1946), was born in Piemonte, Italy, and came to Northampton at age 17 to join his brother. He studied both at Hawley Grammar and the People's Institute before entering the School of Fine Arts in Boston. Opening a studio in New York, he painted such eminent Americans as Dwight W. Morrow, Thomas Alva Edison, and Justice Harlan F. Stone, as well as President Calvin Coolidge, in 1927, in the White House (portrait now at Amherst College). Cartotto's work also can be found, among many other paces, in the Vatican, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Smith College.
In 1940, the Trustees commissioned Cartotto for two portraits, for $750 each, plus $54 each for the frames. Finished in 1941, the paintings were done posthumously from photographs.
Image Details
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| Title |
Portrait of the Honorable Henry P. Field
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| Subject |
Ercole Cartotto
Henry P. Field
Oil paintings
Portrait paintings
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| Description |
A portrait painting of Henry P. Field, Library Trustee and President of the of Forbes Library Board of Trustees, 1922-1937. Oil on canvas signed in red l.l., undated .
Judge Henry P. Field (1858-1937), pained in his judicial robes, succeeded Watson as Library president. A respected jurist who presided over the Hampshire County Probate Court, he was mayor of Northampton in 1897, and dean and head of Hampshire County Bar Association. Active in Republican politics, he mentored Calvin Coolidge when, as a young man, Coolidge came to study law in Field's office, Hammond and Field. He was a graduate of Amherst College and the University of Michigan Law School before moving to Northampton, where his record of public service spanned fifty years. At his death in 1937, he bequeathed his entire personal library, and that of is father, to Forbes. The collection contained many valuable books, including signed copies and first editions. He also left a generous addition to the endowment he already had established. (See, also, Italian chest.) Ercole Cartotto The artist, Ercole Cartotto (1888 to 1946), was born in Piemonte, Italy, and came to Northampton at age 17 to join his brother. He studied both at Hawley Grammar and the People's Institute before entering the School of Fine Arts in Boston. Opening a studio in New York, he painted such eminent Americans as Dwight W. Morrow, Thomas Alva Edison, and Justice Harlan F. Stone, as well as President Calvin Coolidge, in 1927, in the White House (portrait now at Amherst College). Cartotto's work also can be found, among many other paces, in the Vatican, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Smith College. In 1940, the Trustees commissioned Cartotto for two portraits, for $750 each, plus $54 each for the frames. Finished in 1941, the paintings were done posthumously from photographs. |
| Creator |
Ercole Cartotto
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| Date |
l.l. signed in red, undated
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| Format |
Oil on canvas
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| Identifier |
ART025
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CCPLM Archivist's office
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| Physical Dimensions |
Frame size:37.25" x 32.375" x .1.75"
30.125" x 25.125"
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Citation
Ercole Cartotto, “Portrait of the Honorable Henry P. Field,” Forbes Library Images from the Archives (Legacy site: Pre-2022), accessed May 19, 2024, https://images.forbeslibrary.org/items/show/771.