Painting
- Title:
- Emblem of Europe
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1977.034.01
- Creator:
- Wentworth, Lydia Cogswell
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Painting of Emblem of Europe, by Lydia Cogswell Wentworth (1793-1872), c. 1810. Watercolor on paper. Woman (Europa), at center, preparing to crown a lion, lower right. Trees in left background with embossed foliage, water with ships at right. Eglomise glazing in oval shape with gilded border and rosettes in corners; gilded title lower center,"EMBLEM OF EUROPE." Ink notations on wood backing board with large oval: "single gilt line", "2 squares glass", "NB [ ] to give a bill", "EMBLEM of EUROPE / lettered on the glass." Wood frame with interior and exterior parquetry inlay banding, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12 W-10 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Charles L. and Jane Kaufmann
- Subjects:
- Emblem of Europe, Lions, Woman, Allegorical paintings, Allegories, Europe
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