Lydia Powers Paddock

Painting

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Lydia Powers Paddock

Entry/Object ID

2014.60.1306

Description

Portrait showing a woman wearing a black, apron-front dress with a translucent, white collar and cap. The cap is ruffled around her face and along the top of her head, and is both decorated and held beneath her chin with green striped ribbon. The collar pins the front of the gown below the neckline, showing an additional white layer worn underneath the main gown. She is holding a small, round tin on a white handkerchief or apron, and is wearing a ring with a heart-shaped head. She is sitting in a yellow Windsor chair.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject Person

Paddock, Lydia Powers (1772-1815)

Acquisition

Accession

2014.60

Source or Donor

Barre Historical Society, Inc.

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Chandler, Winthrop

Attribution

Attributed to

Date made

circa 1790

Place

City

Worcester

State/Province

Massachusetts

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 (framed)

Width

32-7/8 in

Length

35-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Overall (unframed)

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

29 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Woodstock

County

Windsor County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

City

Barre City

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Interpretative Labels

Label

Lydia Powers Paddock, c. 1790 Attributed to Winthrop Chandler (1747-1790) Worcester, MA Oil on canvas Barre History Collection, #A-1071 Lydia Powers, aunt of famed Vermont sculptor Hiram Powers, married Dr. Robert Paddock of Woodstock and, in 1814, moved to Barre. Unlike other portrait artists of the day, Winthrop Chandler did not travel. Instead, subjects came to his home in either Massachusetts or Connecticut.