Portrait of Mabel Harlakenden Haynes

Item — Painting: 1

Identifier: R0009

Staff Only

Description and Background Information

A portrait of Mabel Harlakenden Haynes, daughter of Richard Harlakenden of Essex, England; and the second wife of John Haynes (also sometimes spelled Haines), who served as governor of Massachusetts in 1635 and as the first governor of Connecticut in 1639. She is depicted with blonde curls and dark eyes, wearing a pearl necklace and rust satin gown. Also in the Fine Art Collection is the oil portrait of Mabel's neice, Miss Harlakenden (presumed) (R0495).

Dates

circa 1640

On View

This item is not on view.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 painting) : oil paints (paint); canvas ; 30" X 24.75" (unframed)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Provenance

Gift; 1981 July 1; Stokes, Rev. Anson Phelps, Jr., Brookline, Mass.

Publications

See Stokes Records: Notes regarding the ancestry and lives of Anson Phelps Stokes and Helen Louisa Phelps Stokes, by Anson Phelps Stokes (1910), vol. 1, part 1, pp. 103-107. Includes two plates of the portrait (before and after early restoration) between pages 104 and 105.

Attribution

Artist unknown

Title Type

Attributed

In Treasures Book

Culture of Origin

British (modern) [Attr.]

I find it hard to believe that this is a British painting, as it appears that Mabel never left the Colonies after she arrived here in 1635, so a painting done in 1640, would likely have been made in America. --Curt DiCamillo, Feb 8, 2017