Painting
- Title:
- Danforth, Dolly Hutchins
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1974.014.03
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1830
- Description:
- Portrait of Dolly Hutchins Danforth (1790-1857), unknown artist, c. 1830. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing viewer. She has brown hair with side curls and brown eyes. She is wearing an elaborate lace hat with two long ribbons, black dress with gigot sleeves and wide neck, chemisette with layered frill collar, gold circular brooch on collar, and gold chain at waist. Red chair at left. Dark brown background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Aluminum - Dimensions:
- H-28.5 W-24 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor, Ann Talbott Miller, was the widow of Danforth Miller, the grandson of George F. Danforth (1819-1899).
Dolly Hutchins Danforth was born on July 18, 1790, in Concord, NH, to Abel Hutchins (1763-1853) and Elizabeth Partridge (1767-1853). Dolly married Isaac Danforth (1785-1862) on Oct. 26, 1815. They had six children. Dolly died on June 9, 1857. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Ann Talbott Miller
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