Anna Gray Child

Art

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Anna Gray Child

Entry/Object ID

1965.70.1

Description

Oval portrait showing an elderly woman in a white bonnet and black clothing. She is wearing gold-framed, rectangular glasses. The bonnets is tied in a small bow beneath her chin. Her clothing is quite loosely draped and may be either a dressing gown or a shawl.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject Person

Child, Anna Gray (1776-1861)

Context

Anna Gray Child was one of the early residents of Castleton, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1965.70

Source or Donor

Millett, Stephen C., Jr.

Made/Created

Artist

Hope, James (1818-1892)

Date made

1856

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

Unframed

Height

23-1/2 in

Width

19 in

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

28 in

Width

24 in

Depth

3 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Anna Gray Child, 1856 James Hope (1818-1892) Castleton, VT Oil on Canvas Gift of Stephen C. Millett, jr., #A-114 Castleton Resident Alonzo Child commissioned James Hope to paint his parents and in-laws in 1856. His mother-in-law, Mary Wallis Goodrich, can be found in the Freedom and Unity Exhibit. James Hope immigrated to Canada from Scotland with his father at a young age. At the age of 15, upon the death of his father, he walked to Vermont to start a new life. In addition to mechanical work, he studied painting at Castleton Seminary and set up a studio to produce portraits. After his Civil War service he increasingly produced landscapes, for which he is best known today.