Painting
- Title:
- Louisa A. Carleton
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1963.008.05
- Creator:
- Treadwell, Jonathan (1813-1883)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Salem, MA or Portland, ME
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Portrait of Louisa Amelia Bartlett Carleton (1809-1840), attributed to Jonathan Treadwell (1813-1883), c. 1840. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has brown hair parted in middle, and blue eyes. Wearing a brown dress with full sleeves, brown shawl crossed in front, and white lace collar; oval brooch at neck, and gold drop earrings with black stones. Dark gray-black background. Unsigned. Modern gilded molded frame.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-28 W-24 inches
- Provenance:
- Louisa Amelia Bartlett Carleton was born on Oct. 17, 1809, the daughter of Hon. Bailey Bartlett of Haverhill, MA. She married Oliver Carleton (1801-1882). She died June 20, 1840. They had four children.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles B. Robinson
- People:
- Carleton, Louisa A. (1809-1840), Treadwell, Jonathan (1813-1883), Robinson, Charles B. (1879-1969)
- Subjects:
- Carleton, Louisa A., Portrait paintings, Portraits, Clothing & dress
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