Painting
- Title:
- Emblem of America
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1977.034.02
- Creator:
- Wentworth, Lydia Cogswell
- Place of Origin:
- Dover, NH (probably)
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Painting of Emblem of America, by Lydia Cogswell Wentworth (1793-1872), c. 1810. Watercolor on paper. Woman (Liberty) center holding with her left hand an American flag with gold eagle, and liberty pole with Phrygian cap. Holding a palm frond with her right hand. Palm tree left background and plants, trees with embossed foliage, and mountains in background. Eglomise glazing in oval shape with gilded border and rosettes in corners; gilded title lower center, "EMBLEM OF AMERICA." Paper label with ink inscription on backing board: "Painted by my mother, / Lydia Cogswell Wentworth / At Dover NH before / her marriage." Ink inscription on backing board, lower center: "EMBLEM of AMERICA / written 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 America, Flags, Allegorical paintings, Allegories, Liberty cap
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