Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
20682 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Description |
Oil on canvas portrait of John Lemon Esq. of Beverly Ma. Copied by H. R. Burdick of Malden MA. 1919. from the original portrait on panel belonging to E. R. Lemon of Sudbury who was his grandson. Mr.Lemon was Postmaster of Beverly in 1810. He was married by the Rev. Joseph McKeen to Sarah Ellingwood Giles in 1798 - a daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Giles - he was captain of the Privateer Saratoga, sailing from Beverly Mass. John Lemon died in Cambridge MA and is buried in Forest Hills. Lemon has brown hair with large sideburns and a black jacket with yellow accent and a white collar underneath. Painting is in a large gilded frame. This was a gift of Cora E. Lemon. |
People |
Lemon, John Burdick, H. R. Lemon, E. R. McKeen, Joseph Giles, Sarah Ellingwood Giles, Ebenezer |
Search Terms |
postmaster esquire privateer Saratoga portrait oil painting Saratoga |
Collection |
is |
Accession number |
20682 |