Ellen Clark Taft
SubjectPortrait of
Ellen Clark
(American, born 1827)
PainterPainted by
Unknown
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 17 × 14in. (43.2 × 35.6cm)
Other (overall height x width): 23 7/8 × 21in. (60.6 × 53.3cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Robert H. Schultz, Jr.
Object number1980.35.12
DescriptionBust-length oval portrait of Ellen Clark Taft (Mrs. Cincinnatus Taft) by an unknown artist. She is of older age. Her hair is parted in the middle, pin waved, and pulled back. She is wearing a black dress with a lace edging around the square opening, through which can be seen a white lace bodice.
Status
Not on view
Huldah Foote Brainard
Hannah Scoville Yale
Laura Hunt
Martha Webster
about 1835
Mrs. Ellen George