Cecelia.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Ensign, Thayer & Co. American, 1850 - 1852

Date1850-1851

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 13/16 x 8 1/2in. (30 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 15 1/8 x 11 13/16in. (38.4 x 30cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionThree-quarter-length portrait of a young woman standing in the interior of a room. She wears a dress with short, tight sleeves with lace cuffs and a V-shaped waistline. A rose is pinned at the center of the neckline. In her right hand, she holds a small bouquet of flowers. In her left hand she holds a letter sealed with sealing wax. Drapery tied back with a cord is in the left background; a lace-edged curtain is at the right. The view through the window in the right background includes a man with a cane and top hat walking along a path between grassy lawns. A fence, trees, hills, and a lake are in the distance.

Object number1996.177.16

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "CECELIA [sic]. / 295." Lower left, in pencil, "DWR 38. #7".
On verso, lower right, in pencil, old accession number [crossed out] "Drawer 32" and new accession number.

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