Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2010

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Doorway from Sparhawk Hall (Sparhawk House)

about 1742
Overall: 396.3 x 213.4 cm (13 x 7 ft.)
Painted wood, glass

Classification: Architectural elements

Object Place: Kittery Point, Maine

Accession number: 2010.212

Location: Central Pavilion Link into Boston, 1790–1830

Provenance/Ownership History: About 1742, Sparhawk Hall, Kittery, Maine (original commission) [see note 1]; 1966, removed from Sparhawk Hall and given to Strawbery Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH; 2010, gift of Strawbery Banke to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 17, 2010) NOTES: [1] This doorway was part of Sparhawk Hall (or Sparhawk House), the mansion built by Sir William Pepperrell for his daughter and her husband, Nathaniel Sparhawk (b. 1715 - d. 1776) at the time of their marriage in 1742.

Gift of Strawbery Banke Museum