Portrait of Maria Hallett Tallmadge
Accession #:
1974-09-2
Category:
Images of People
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Creator:
Ezra Ames ((1768-1836)
Date:
ca. 1825
Held at:
Litchfield Historical Society
Size:
Painting: 29 1/2" x 22 3/4"; Frame: 39 1/2" x 33"
Description:
Oil on canvas portrait of Mrs. Benjamin Tallmadge (Maria Hallett) by Ezra Ames (1768-1836). Half-length painting of older woman, seated in a red upholstered chair, head slightly left, wearing a cap with lace and green/blue ribbon trim. Sitter has light brown curly hair, hazel eyes, and is wearing a black silk dress with black lace trim and white lace ruffled collar.
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