Name/Title
Asa LyonEntry/Object ID
1880.2.1Description
Miniature portrait of middle-aged man facing right proper. Man wears black jacket, white shirt and tie. Written in ink on the face of the mounting paper: "Only/ _______ Portrait/ lation(?)/of/ Hon. Rev. Asa Lyon, M.C./ Depostied with the Vermont Historical Society/ Oct. 21, 1880/ By Miss Hemenway of Vt."
Watercolor portrait miniature on ivory. The portrait shows a middle-aged white man with short hair. His hairline is receding at the corners. He is wearing a black jacket and vest, and white shirt with a cravat tied into a bow. The background is painted brown and shaded to look like curtains. The ivory piece is oval, and there are two vertical cracks. The whole is mounted onto paper that has the inked inscription, "Only C[illeg]zin Portrait taken of / Hon. Rev. Asa Lyon, M. C. / Deposited with the Vermont Historical Society Oc 21, 1880. By Miss Hemenway of Vt."Type of Painting
PanelArtwork Details
Medium
Watercolor, IvorySubject Person
Lyon, Asa (1763-1841)Context
Shows Rev. Asa Lyon of Pomfret, Vermont, who served as US Representative from Vermont. Lyon was elected for multiple, non-consecutive terms, serving from 1799 to 1802, from 1804 to 1806, and in 1808.Acquisition
Accession
1880.2Source or Donor
Hemenway, Abby Maria (1828-1890)Acquisition Method
GiftLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Painting, MiniatureNomenclature Secondary Object Term
PortraitNomenclature Primary Object Term
PaintingNomenclature Primary Object Term
PictureNomenclature Class
ArtNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Dimension Description
Overall (portrait)Height
2-3/16 inWidth
1-5/8 inDimension Description
Overall (paper)Height
7-1/16 inWidth
4-3/8 inRelationships
Related Places
Place
Town
PomfretCounty
Windsor CountyState/Province
VermontCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North America