Painting
- Title:
- Harriet Coffin Thom
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1985.037.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH or Boston, MA
- Date:
- 1840-1845
- Description:
- Portrait of Harriet Coffin Thom (1789-1873), unknown artist, 1840-1845. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman facing right; eyes left toward viewer. Sitter has center-parted brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a white cap tied under her chin, black dress with v-neck, white fichu, oval gold brooch on bodice, and red shawl with paisley design. Black background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-27.125 W-22.125 inches
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Francis C. Thurston
- Subjects:
- Thom, Harriet Coffin, Portrait paintings, Portraits
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