Painting
- Title:
- Sophronia Tilton
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1960.055.05
- Creator:
- Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Portrait of Sophronia Tilton (1810-1845), attributed to Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), c. 1840. Oil on panel. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has reddish brown hair, center parted and waved at the sides, large red rectangular comb behind her head, green eyes. She is wearing a wide-neck black dress with lace at neckline, and red shawl that covers her shoulders. Gray and brown background. Unsigned. Plain wood frame painted gold.
- Material:
- Wood
- Dimensions:
- H-26 W-19.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Sophronia Tilton was the sister of Mahala Tilton Atkinson (1960.055.03) and Mehitable Tilton Atkinson (1960.055.03). Mehitable Atkinson was the grandmother of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Charlotte Atkinson Goodale Kimball
- People:
- Tilton, Sophronia (1810-1845), Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874), Kimball, Charlotte Atkinson Goodale (1875-1960)
- Subjects:
- Tilton, Sophronia, Portrait paintings, Portraits
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