Drawing
- Title:
- Nancy Herbert
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1993.587
- Creator:
- Crowley, John M. (1798-1842) -- Artist
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- circa 1825
- Description:
- Drawing. Portrait of Nancy Herbert (1766-1845), attributed to John M. Crowley (1798-1842), c. 1825. Pencil on paper. Oval composition, adhered to oval paperboard mount. Half-length portrait of a woman in profile to left. She is wearing a dress with high waist and full sleeves, white lace fichu around shoulders. Her hair is pulled back in a curly bun with large comb. Seated in chair to right with scroll back and curved stile. Unsigned. Wooden backboard with pencil inscription: "Mulato / Slave Woman / in the / Herbert family / given freedom / but / stayed in family". Gilded oval frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.5 W-3.5 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alma J. Herbert
- People:
- Herbert, Nancy (1766-1845), Herbert, Richard (1729-1823), Crowley, John M. (1798-1842), Herbert, Alma J. (1823-1908)
- Subjects:
- Slaves, Slavery, Slave trade
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