Lucretia Houghton Prentiss

Art

Vermont Historical Society

Lucretia Prentiss

Name/Title

Lucretia Houghton Prentiss

Entry/Object ID

1895.3.4

Description

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

Oil

Subject Person or Organization

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

1895.3

Source or Donor

Prentiss, Frederick J.

Made/Created

Artist

Wood, Thomas Waterman (1823-1903)

Date made

1895

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Unframed

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

24-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

44-1/2 in

Width

39-1/2 in

Depth

4 in

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Town

Northfield

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America