Painting
- Title:
- Jemima Prescott Moulton
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2012.013.02
- Date:
- circa 1833
- Description:
- Portrait of Jemima Prescott Moulton (1810-1885) of Sandwich, NH, and Boston, MA. Oil on cotton mattress ticking, c. 1833. Unidentified artist. Vertical rectangle. Bust-length portrait of seated woman in black dress and large white lace collar. She holds a pink rose in her right hand. She wears a gold bead necklace, jet brooch, jet earrings, and two white hair combs. Framed in new beveled tiger maple veneer frame, 03/07/2016.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-29.3 W-24.4 D-0.875 inches
- Provenance:
- Descended from Jemima Moulton to Euphemia Moulton Mason (Mrs. Winfield), niece of Daniel Moulton; to Ruth Moulton Hoyt (Mrs. Enos), niece of Euphemia Moulton Mason; to Ruth Beatrice Scott, niece of Ruth Moulton Hoyt; to Clayton and Ethyl Scott Wallace; sister of Ruth Beatrice Scott; to their son, Hugh Scott Wallace and his wife Ruth A., the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Family of Hugh S. Wallace
- Subjects:
- Roses
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