Captain Samuel Burnell Meader (1817-1867), (painting).

Captain Samuel Burnell Meader (1817-1867), (painting).

Hathaway, James S., active 1839-1850/52, painter.

Captain Samuel Burnell Meader (1817-1867), (painting).

36 x 28 1/4 in.

Three-quarter-length portrait of Captain Samuel Burnell Meader with one arm resting on a table. He holds a spyglass in his hands. A ship at sea is seen out the window.

Portrait male -- Meader, Samuel Burnell -- Knee length

Occupation -- Transportation -- Captain

Object -- Tool -- Telescope

Waterscape -- Boat

Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Massachusetts 02554 Accession Number: 20.7.1

Gift of Woods, Phebe Austin (Meader), Mrs.,

Jehle, Michael A., ed., "Picturing Nantucket: an art history of the island with paintings from the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association: works by artists born before 1900," Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Historical Association, 2000, fig. 137.

Jehle, Michael A., ed., "Picturing Nantucket: an art history of the island with paintings from the collection of the Nantucket Historical Association: works by artists born before 1900," Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Historical Association, 2000, pg. 121.

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