Painting

Title:

Drusilla Ladd Jaques

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1956.168

Creator:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)Artist

Place of Origin:

Sanbornton, NH

Date:

1849

Description:

Portrait of Drusilla Ladd Jaques (1808-1866), by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), 1849. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has dark eyes, and center-parted black hair dressed high on back of head. She is wearing a brown comb in hair, v-neck black dress with pleated bodice, and lace collar with cameo brooch. Signed in ink on canvas reverse: "W. Ingalls, Pinxt. / 1849". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-27 W-22 inches

Provenance:

Portraits of Jeremiah S. Jaques (1809-1890), Drusilla (Ladd) Jaques (1808-1866), and John Lyford Ladd (1807-1873), painted by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), descended through John C. and Hannah (Taylor) Ladd to their daughter, Ida Nancy (Ladd) Keasor, the mother of the donor, Melba (Keasor) Hodgkins (1901-2005).

Drusilla Ladd Laques, daughter of Thomas Ladd, born in Laconia, NH, Dec. 12, 1808. Married Jeremiah S. Jaques and lived in Sanbornton, Gilford, Laconia. She died Oct. 11, 1866.

Credit Line:

Gift of Melba K. Hodgkins

People:

Jaques, Drusilla (1808-1866), Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874), Hodgkins, Melba K. (1901-2005)

Subjects:

Jaques, Drusilla Ladd, Portrait paintings, Portraits