Child with Cat

Painting

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Vermont Historical Society

Child with Cat

Name/Title

Child with Cat

Entry/Object ID

1964.59.22

Description

Portrait of a young child with a grey cat. The blond child is shown seated and wearing a long, white dress. The neckline sits off the shoulder, and the dress has short sleeves. The child is wearing a necklace, and has red-soled black shoes. It is holding a coin or medallion on a red ribbon. A grey striped cat sits at the left border of the painting..

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Context

Found in Clarendon, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1964.59

Source or Donor

Eddy, Henry Howard (1899-1965)

Acquisition Method

Gift

Source (if not Accessioned)

Eddy, Henry Howard (1899-1965)

Made/Created

Artist

Fletcher, Aaron Dean

Time Period

19th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Unframed

Height

27-3/4 in

Width

22-3/16 in

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

32-13/16 in

Width

27-1/8 in

Depth

2-1/2 in