Portrait of General Aaron Capen
Item Information
- Title:
- Portrait of General Aaron Capen
- Description:
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Aaron Capen (1796-1866) was the great-great-grandson of Samuel Capen, the brother of Reverend Joseph Capen. He became a major general in the Massachusetts Militia at age 32, the youngest to attain that rank. Later in life, Aaron Capen was in the lumber business on the Kennebec River in Maine. This oil-on-canvas painting was done circa 1830.
- Name on Item:
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Seth Bond
- Date:
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2013
- Format:
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Photographs
Paintings
- Genre:
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Photographic prints
Portraits
- Location:
- Topsfield Historical Society
- Collection (local):
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The Parson Capen House and the Gould Barn Collection
- Subjects:
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Historic buildings
Parson Capen House
- Places:
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MassachusettsEssex (county)Topsfield
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : color print ; image 24 x 21 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/kk91h1203
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
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