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Gift of Penelope B. Chittenden 2012.580.0 (c) 2016 Connecticut Historical Society
Portrait of Eunice Goodwin Batterson
Gift of Penelope B. Chittenden 2012.580.0 (c) 2016 Connecticut Historical Society

Portrait of Eunice Goodwin Batterson

Date1901
Mediumsilverpoint drawing on paper
DimensionsFrame: (Height) 15 × (Width) 12 1/4 × (Depth) 5/8in. (38.1 × 31.1 × 1.6cm) Sheet as visible within frame: (Height) 13 5/8 × (Width) 10 5/8in. (34.6 × 27cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Penelope B. Chittenden
Object number2012.580.0
DescriptionDrawing of the head and neck of a woman with hair parted in the middle, wearing glasses and a high collar. Eunice Goodwin Batterson was the wife of James G. Batterson of Hartford, Conn., who was owner of the New England Granite Works and founder of Travelers Insurance Co. Walter Griffin, the artist, had a studio in Hartford in 1897 before joining the art colony in Old Lyme. In a simple gold frame with no mat.
Status
Not on view