Romanta Woodruff
PainterPainted by
Dr. Samuel Broadbent
(American, 1759 - 1828)
DateMay 1819
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 32 × 36in. (81.3 × 91.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Charles E. Bissell
Object number1968.55.1
DescriptionPortrait of Romanta Woodruff by Samuel Broadbent. Woodruff is seated in a rush-seated fancy chair. He is wearing a mustard-colored jacket, a patterned item below it with a high collar that extends beyond the collar of the jacket, a pleated white item, and a white bowtie. The sides of his brown hair are swept forward in feathers and he has sideburns; the top of his head is bald. He is holding a book upright in his hands; the word "Agriculture" is visible on its spine.
NotesDate note: Romanta Woodruff noted in his diary on May 19, 1819, that "Doc't Samuel Broadbent here taking my likeness."Status
Not on view
