Portrait of Jane Ann Fulton
Portrait of Jane Ann Fulton
Portrait of Jane Ann Fulton

Portrait of Jane Ann Fulton

Object number2018.68.2
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Datec. 1820
MediumOil paint; Canvas; Wood; Gold leaf; Metal; Paper; Ink; Adhesive; Rubber
Credit LineGift of Katharine Davison Gerwig
DescriptionFramed oil painting on canvas. Rectangular canvas. Bust portrait of Caucasian female portrayed in three-quarter view facing slightly proper right. Woman has medium brown hair and wears eyeglasses with octagonal frames; her gaze is at the viewer. Woman wears a black dress with white puritan collar and white bonnet with ruffled trim. Woman is seated in a red upholstered chair whose back is visible in the bottom proper left corner. Background is brown. Artwork is unsigned. Rectangular gilt wooden frame. Frame has one molded acanthus leaf in each corner with a smaller acanthus leaf inset in each corner.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Frame): 39.938 × 34.875 × 3 in. (101.4 × 88.6 × 7.6 cm)
Height x Width (Sight size): 29.438 × 24.5 in. (74.8 × 62.2 cm)
InscriptionsReverse of painting's stretcher has paper label adhered along the top near the top proper right corner with handwritten text in black ink "Jane Anne Fulton / Aug. 11, 1789 - Jan. 14, 1852 / Mother of Annie Craig / [illegible]".

Reverse of frame has paper label adhered along bottom near bottom proper left corner with handwritten text in black ink "Jane Anne Fulton / Aug. 11, 1789 - Jan 14, 1852 / Mother of Annie Craig (Davison) / Grandmother of N. C. Davison / Great " " " " " , Jr. / Great, Great " " " " " III".
MarksReverse of canvas has text at center "ASHTON & BROWNING / 804 / CREST XL / PHILA PA."
Historical NotesJane Ann Fulton married Neville B. Craig in 1811. The couple had 10 children and lived in Bellefield, which is now Oakland. Neville B. Craig was the son of early Pittsburgh businessman and landowner Major Isaac Craig and was born in the Fort Pitt blockhouse. Craig went to the Pittsburgh Academy and then Princeton, although he never graduated, before studying law under Judge Alexander Addison. He opened a store in Ohio for a few years before returning to Pittsburgh around 1820 and becoming Deputy Attorney General for Allegheny County and then city solicitor from 1821 to 1829 and clerk of Select Council from 1821 to 1825. In 1829, Craig purchased the Pittsburgh Gazette, and remained the editor until 1841. In the paper he promoted his support of the Anti-Masonic party, anti-slavery and temperance. After this he was elected to the PA House of Representatives where he served from 1842 to 1843. He later ran unsuccessful campaigns to become a US Representative and Mayor of Pittsburgh. Craig and his descendants were active in documenting the history of the region.
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