Painting
- Title:
- My Little Cat
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1945.031.26
- Creator:
- Johnson, Mary A. (1818-1881)
- Place of Origin:
- Chester, VT
- Date:
- 1836-1837
- Description:
- Painting. My Little Cat, by Mary Ann McConihe Johnson (1818-1881), 1836-1837. Watercolor on paper. Full-length portrait of a small girl, facing slightly to the right and carrying a cat; wearing a dress with puffed sleeves and ruffled neckline, over pantaloons. Short, curled hair. Only the head of the cat is visible, remainder being wrapped in gray fabric. Hilly lawn in foreground with several varieties of plants. Large tree behind the girl at right with bird. Abstract representation of woods in background at left. At right near tree is an urn of flowers on a yellow pedestal. Six unidentified gray objects in foreground (possibly bits of cloth). Title lettered in lower margin: "MY LITTLE CAT." Pencil inscription on frame, right member: "My Little Cat". Unsigned. Mahogany veneer frame, no glass.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-12 W-9.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Probably done by Mary Ann McConhie Johnson (1818-1881) of Merrimack, NH, while at Miss Fletcher's Seminary in Chester, VT. She was the grandmother of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary Bell Willson
- Subjects:
- Cats
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