Lucretia.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock (American, 1848 - 1850)

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock (American, 1848 - 1850)

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer (American, 1849 - 1850)

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 9/16in. (30.2 x 21.7cm) Sheet (height x width): 13 3/4 x 9 15/16in. (34.9 x 25.2cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

Object number1956.83.24

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a woman seated at a table. She wears a dress, apparently of satin, with a V-shaped waistline, and short sleeves decorated with two layers of ruffles. A rose is pinned to the low-cut neckline and she wears a second rose in her hair. She has a bracelet on her left wrist. With her right hand, she is sealing a letter, using a seal that hangs around her neck on a long chain. The letter rests on a portable writing desk. Also on the desk is a piece of sealing wax. A quill pen is in an inkwell at the far left. A floral printed tablecloth covers the table. Drapery is on the far right. Wallpaper with a pattern of stripes and stylized flowers is on the wall in the background.

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