Name/Title
Jemima LeavittEntry/Object ID
2024.6.7Description
Bas relief of Jemima Leavitt by William Morris Hunt. The carved relief shows Jemima facing proper right wearing a ruffled bonnet and high, simple collared dress. The relief is dated "1841" along the right lower edge.
There is a manufacturing company's name on the back but it is difficult to decipher. It may say "Gorham MFG Co."
Also on the back is the following: Jemima Loomis B. 1799 (which is an incorrect date. It should be 1779) M. Thaddeus Leavitt Jan. 1st 1801."Artwork Details
Medium
MetalSubject Person
Jemima LeavittContext
The subject of this bas relief was the grandmother of the artist. Jemima Loomis (1779-1846) of Connecticut married Thaddeus Leavitt (1778-1828 ) and they had two children, Jane and John Leavitt. Jane married Jonathon Hunt of Brattleboro, Vermont, and they had four children including William Morris Hunt.
"William Morris Hunt (born March 31, 1824, Brattleboro, Vermont, U.S.—died September 8, 1879, Isles of Shoals, New Hampshire) was a Romantic painter who created a fashion in the United States for the luminous, atmospheric painting of the French Barbizon school.
After attending Harvard University, Hunt studied with Thomas Couture in Paris and then in Barbizon with Jean-François Millet, one of the leaders of the Barbizon school of painters. Upon returning to New England, Hunt introduced the works of Camille Corot, Théodore Rousseau, and the Barbizon school to the Boston society circles in which he moved, thereby helping to turn a rising generation of American painters toward Paris and away from the national style epitomized by the Hudson River school landscape painters."
Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Morris-HuntAcquisition
Accession
2024.6Source or Donor
Brooks Memorial LibraryAcquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Artist
Hunt, William Morris (1824-1879)Date made
1841Dimensions
Height
10-3/16 inWidth
7-5/8 inRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Hunt, William Morris (1824-1879)Related Places
Place
Town
BrattleboroCounty
Windham CountyState/Province
Vermont, ConnecticutCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America