Abigail Hurlbut Welles
SubjectPortrait of
Abigail Hurlbut Welles
1740 or 1741 - 1814
Dateabout 1914-1915
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 30 × 25 1/2in. (76.2 × 64.8cm)
Credit LineBequest of George Dudley Seymour
DescriptionPainting of Abigal Hurlbut Welles attributed to Huc-Mazelet Luquiens after an earlier drawing of the subject. She is depicted in older age. She has a ruddy complexion, and white hair that is entirely covered by a white, ruffled cap held closely to her head with a broad black band and tied under her neck with narrow black strings. She wears a dark, reddish-brown dress and a string of gold beads. The background is a dull, dark oval on a darker square ground.
Object number1945.1.19
NotesGeorge Dudley Seymour's will states, "...portraits in oil of Captain Robert Wells IV and Abigail (Hurlbert) Wells of Newington, his wife (my great-great grandfather and grandmother), painted by Luquiens from old drawings in my possession, which were much praised by John Singer Sargent but never identified as to who did them from life. Captain Wells was a leading citizen and in the Old French War."Subject Terms
On View
Not on viewearly 20th century
early 20th century
early 20th century
late 19th century