Ellen.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848-1851

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 7/8 x 8 5/8in. (30.2 x 21.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionFull-length standing portrait of a young woman. She wears a dress with a V-shaped waistline and neckline with lace or eyelet trim. A sash with fringed ends is tied in a bow at her waist. Her jewelry includes matching bracelets on both wrists and a small heart, possibly a locket, which she wears on a thin chain around her neck. She wears a rose in her hair. A large bouquet of flowers is in a vase or urn on a wooden pedestal in the left background. Fringed drapery tied back with a cord is in the right background. Striped and patterned wallpaper is on the wall. A patterned carpet is on the floor.

Object number1996.177.6

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "ELLEN. / 318."
On verso, in pencil: upper left, "[B]ox 31 / #13"; lower right, "consv CPC 1987 / Dwr 32" and accession number.

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