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Museum purchase, 1964.45.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Alice Maude Lovett
Museum purchase, 1964.45.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Alice Maude Lovett

DraftsmanAttributed to William Hunt American, active 1860 - 1868
Date1850
MediumDrawing; watercolor and pencil on wove paper in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 13 × 11 7/8in. (33 × 30.2cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionWatercolor drawing of a girl, possibly Alice Maude Lovett, wearing a pink off-the-shoulder dress and bloomers holding a wooden hoop and stick. A straw bonnet with a white ribbon is next to her. In the background is a pastoral scene (possibly a painted studio backdrop).

On the reverse, there is a pencil drawing of a landscape.
Object number1964.45.2
Inscribed"W. Hunt"

"1850"
NotesSubject note: The object file documentation states that the subject of this drawing is unknown, but after comparing this portrait with 1964.45.2, it seemed that they might be the same subject.
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1964.45.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Alice Maude Lovett
    late 1850s
    Given on behalf of Eva Kelsey Peck Smith, 2012.494.2  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society…
    Caroline Wood
    about 1880
    Little Bloomers.
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1850-1851
    Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no know…
    Laura Hunt Clark
    1840-1850
    Bequest of Frederick Jabez Huntington, 1925.1.3  Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 Connectic…
    Faith Trumbull
    1761
    The First Appearance.
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1850-1851
    Miss Bloomer.
    Elijah Chapman Kellogg
    1850-1851
    Gift of Margaret Brockway Ofslager, 1978.45.38a-b  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The C…
    Unknown
    about 1895-1905
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1904.5.0  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The…
    Lydia Church
    1791