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Portrait of Grandma Hawthorne

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1786-1864

GUSN

GUSN-174496

Description

Portrait of "Grandma Hawthorne": older woman shown in black, wearing a red shawl with white and black trim; white neckerchief; white bonnet with black trim; brown backdrop with simulated columns, subject is show from the chest up. Gilded gold wooden frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

oil paintings (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Inscription

"T.L. 2961 / Portrait by James/ Frothingham/ Mrs. Ronald Lyman"
"T.L. 2961 / Portrait by James Frothingham / Lent by / Mrs. Ronald T. Lyman / Waltham, Mass."
"DOLL & RICHARDS, Inc. /140 NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON, MASS. / PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE. PRINTS-PAINTINGS RESTORED/FRAMES/ No. C42998"

Maker

Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)
Attributed to Doggett, John (American mirror manufacturer, active 1809) (Framer)

Dimensions

26 x 21 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

In memory of Charlotte Lyman Clark and Benjamin Schyler Clark by their children

Accession Number

1997.44

Related Items

Title Picture Portrait Accession Number 1997.47

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