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Museum collection, 1971.5.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Madame Ruth Baldwin Barlow
Museum collection, 1971.5.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright

Madame Ruth Baldwin Barlow

Dateabout 1810
MediumDrawing; pencil, charcoal and iron gall ink on wove paper in frame
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 20 3/4 × 16 1/2in. (52.7 × 41.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum collection
DescriptionBust-length drawing of Madame Ruth Baldwin Barlow (Mrs. Joel Barlow) by an unknown artist. She is wearing what appears to be a jacket, which is open at the throat to show a stock and a ruff. She is wearing a wide ribbon in her hair.

Below the portrait, there is an inscription by Charles de Villette.
Object number1971.5.1
On View
Not on view
Bequeathed by Elijah K. Hubbard, 1993.55.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known…
Charles Noel Flagg
1908
Bequest of Elijah K. Hubbard, 1993.55.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known co…
Charles Noel Flagg
1903
Gift of anonymous, 1983.9.34 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Whitehead and Hoag Company
1905
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.68.3  Photograph by David Stansbury  © 2013 The Conn…
Thomas Willoughby Nason
1945
Gift of Robert North, Jr., 2010.465.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Monroe North
early 20th century
Gift of Robert H. Schultz, Jr., 1980.35.11, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Ezra Clark
Gift of Curtis A. Tilton, 2010.161.0  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Louise Stutz
1922