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Image Not Available for Mary Lord Pitkin (Mrs. Joseph Pitkin)
Mary Lord Pitkin (Mrs. Joseph Pitkin)
Image Not Available for Mary Lord Pitkin (Mrs. Joseph Pitkin)

Mary Lord Pitkin (Mrs. Joseph Pitkin)

Date1843 or 1844
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 29 1/2 × 24 1/2in. (74.9 × 62.2cm)
Credit LineGift of General Samuel L. Pitkin
DescriptionPortrait of a young girl with light hair facing slightly right. She is wearing a green dress, the short sleeves, low neck, and front of the bodice trimmed with white lace. The lower part of her back and right arm are covered with a dark red wrap.
Object number1844.1.1
NotesProbably painted by Alexander Hamilton Emmons, probably in 1843 or 1844, from an original portrait then in the possession of Lord Pitkin's great-great-grandson, General Samuel L. Pitkin of East Hartford.
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