Dr. Edward Lamb

Art

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dr. Edward Lamb

Entry/Object ID

1895.3.3

Description

Portrait showing a man in the process of taking snuff. The man is wearing a black suit, a white suit with a high collar, and a white bow tie. He has a can under his left arm with a wood shaft and a white knob. He is holding a metal case and preparing to pinch material from the case. He has long sideburns and appears to wearing an expression of annoyance.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject Person

Lamb, Edward (1770-1845)

Acquisition

Accession

1895.3

Source or Donor

Prentiss, Frederick J.

Source (if not Accessioned)

Prentiss, Frederick J.

Made/Created

Artist

Wood, Thomas Waterman (1823-1903)

Date made

1895

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Portrait

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Picture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (unframed)

Height

30-1/2 in

Width

25-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Overall (framed)

Height

41-1/2 in

Width

36-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Web Links and URLs

Biographical notice of Dr. Edward Lamb, of Montpelier, VT

Interpretative Labels

Label

Dr. Edward Lamb, 1895 Thomas Waterman Wood (1823-1903) Montpelier, VT Oil on canvas Gift of Frederick J. Prentiss, #A-121 Born in Charlton, MA in 1771, Dr. Edward Lamb served Montpelier from his arrival in 1796 until his death in 1845. Frederick Prentiss commissioned this portrait for the Vermont Historical Society well after Lamb's death. Thomas W. Wood is arguably Montpelier's most famous artist. The son of a cabinet maker, he was largely self-taught, yet rose to the highest ranks of genre painters in the United States.