Half-length portrait of Deacon John Stone painted against a grey, green background wearing a black coat, white collar, and stock.
paintings (visual works)
oil paintings (visual works)
canvas
Painting
Painting
Deacon John Stone was a successful merchant, a third-generation distiller, and a leader in Salem's Unitarian First Church. It's his distillery that is demonized in Rev. George Barrell Cheever's 1831 story "Deacon Giles' Distillery" that resulted in Cheever's imprisonment. He owned a high chest in Historic New England's collections, 1998.5846. A portrait of his nemisis, the Reverend George Barrell Cheever is also in the collection, 2017.42.1.
1762.1
1222
Unknown
MA
30 3/4 x 27 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Evelyn V. Lovejoy
2017.39.1
Title High Chest Accession Number 1998.5846AB
Title Drop Leaf Table. Walnut. Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1850. Accession Number 2017.39.2
Title Portrait of George Barrell Cheever (1807-1890) Accession Number 2017.42.1
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