Name/Title
Lucretia Houghton PrentissEntry/Object ID
1895.3.4Description
Portrait of an older woman with center-parted dark grey hair. She is wearing an elaborately ruffled white cap and a white blouse with a ruffled collar. Over the blouse she is wearing a black dress and holding a red paisley shawl around her arms. The background is dark brown, and the whole is framed in an ornate gilded frame.Artwork Details
Medium
OilSubject Person
Prentiss, Lucretia Houghton (1786-1855)Context
Lucretia Prentiss of Northfield, Vermont, was the wife of Samuel Prentiss, US Senator for Vermont from 1831 to 1842.Acquisition
Accession
1895.3Source or Donor
Prentiss, Frederick J.Made/Created
Artist
Wood, Thomas Waterman (1823-1903)Date made
1895Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Description
UnframedHeight
29-1/2 inWidth
24-1/2 inDimension Description
FramedHeight
44-1/2 inWidth
39-1/2 inDepth
4 inRelationships
Related Places
Place
Town
NorthfieldState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America