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Museum purchase,1975.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Martha Hooker Mix
Museum purchase,1975.1.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Martha Hooker Mix

PainterPainted by Richard Jennys American, active 1783 - 1798
Date1794
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 17 15/16 × 14 3/4in. (45.6 × 37.5cm)
Frame (height x width): 20 15/16 × 17 3/4in. (53.2 × 45.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionBust-length portrait of Martha Hooker Mix by artist Richard Jennys. Mix is about 17 months old. She is turned slightly to the right. She has brown eyes and short blonde hair with bangs. She is wearing a pale rose-colored dress with a square neckline that is trimmed with a broad white ruffle. There is an oval background around the subject, and the remainder of the background is darker.
Object number1975.1.2
InscribedBack of canvas: "AE t. 17: months. 1794. - / Rd. Jennys pinxt.--"

Top of frame: "Patty"

Top of stretcher: "Deming"

Bottom of stretcher: "Patty"
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1975.1.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
    Richard Jennys
    1794
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