Drawing
- Title:
- Betsey Rounds Gunnison
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1938.001.006
- Creator:
- Crowley, John M. (1798-1842)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1824
- Description:
- Drawing. Portrait of Betsey Rounds Gunnison (1779-1840), by John M. Crowley (1798-1842), c.1824. Pencil on paper. Half-length portrait of seated woman in profile to left. Wearing a dress with "gigot" sleeves, frilled collar and cap. Sitter holds book in left hand. Seated in chair with curved stile and scrolled top visible at right. Sitter's hands small in proportion to body. Ink inscription on backing paper (removed in accession file): "Betsey Rounds Gunnison / Born in Buxton, Maine, / May 10th, 1779 / Died in Dover, N.H. June 1841", and in same hand: " J.M. Crowley / delineator" within ink circle. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-3.5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a pair, representing Eliza P. Williams (1800-1824) and her mother, Betsey (Rounds) Gunnison. Eliza was the wife of Royal Williams (m. 1823) of Portland, ME. Acquired by donor from the Gunnison family.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Gunnison, Betsey Rounds
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