Engraving

Title:

Mrs. Theodore Sedgwick (Pamela Dwight)

Object Name:

Engraving

Object ID:

2010.501.0940

Description:

Engraving. Portrait of Pamela Dwight Sedgwick (1752-1807). Steel engraving printed on paper. !/2 length engraving of young woman facing right, dark curly hair about chin length, wearing a light colored hat with ruffled edges with large ribbon and bow on the front, light-colored fold skirt, above that is a wide scarf with folds wrapped around and over her chest that is tucked into dark low-cut over-blouse with 3/4 length sleeves. Bow ribbon front center, little caps at tops of sleeves, wide ruffle band top edge of over-blouse. Sleeve is drawn in at her elbow, then it flares out then stops, cuff with ruffles of same fabric. White sleeves the extend beyond the dark over-blouse, with a ruffle. Dickey at top of wide white scarf that tucked into the overblouse. Her right hand is resting on top of her left hand in her lap. She is holding in her right hand a flower blossom with leaves. She's sitting in upholstered back chair with straight style on right and curved crest rail. Pattern in upholstery cloth. Behind her are drapes with a pattern in them hanging diagonally. Behind her behind the drape is part of an architectural column with a plinth that is sitting on a wall. Further in background to her left is a faint. outline of trees and clouds. All is set in upright rectangular format. Below image in outline font "MRS. THEODORE SEDGWICK,"
Underneath that is in italics "(PAMELA DWIGHT.)" Next line in script engraved: "From an original picture in possession of her daughter, / Miss Catherine M. Sedgwick, Lenox, Mass." At very bottom "New York, D. Appleton Co. 346 348. Broadway." Top, right and bottom edges of sheet are gilt.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-10.8 W-7.4 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

People:

Sedgwick, Pamela Dwight (1752-1807)

Subjects:

Sedgwick, Pamela Dwight