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Museum purchase, 1966.32.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Unidentified woman
Museum purchase, 1966.32.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Unidentified woman

Date1841
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 12 × 16in. (30.5 × 40.6cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number1966.32.2
DescriptionPortrait painting of an unidentified young woman by painter B. C. Palmer (presumably Benjamin C. Palmer). She has blue eyes and brown hair parted in the middle and looped in front of her ears, then gathered in the back. She is wearing a black bodice lined with lace at the collar and fastened with a brooch.
Status
Not on view