Painting
- Title:
- Charlotte Pollard Greeley
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1951.019.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- Nashua, NH or Boston, MA
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Portrait of Charlotte Pollard Greeley (1799-1890), unknown artist, c.1840. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly right; looking toward viewer. Sitter has dark hair parted in middle, curls at sides, and blue eyes. She is wearing a lace cap tied under chin, red and green striped ribbon on cap, black dress, gold necklace, white collar and cuffs, and a gold ring on sitter's right hand. She is seated on an Empire-style wooden chair. Her hands are together; holding a red book, and possibly, a handkerchief. Pencil inscription on frame reverse: "MRS JOS GREENLY". Brown background. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, applied shells with scrolls and floral bands at corners, interior foliate band.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-28 W-23 inches
- Provenance:
- Charlotte Pollard was born June 27, 1799, daughter of Asa and Susanna Winn Pollard. Married Joseph Greeley, Dec. 7, 1818. Died in Nashua, NH, Feb. 17, 1890.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Elsie R. Sewall
- Subjects:
- Greeley, Charlotte, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Clothing & dress, Books
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