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Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no know…
Laura Hunt Clark
Bequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr., 1991.60.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, no known copyright

Laura Hunt Clark

SubjectPortrait of Laura Hunt Clark American, 1789 - 1862
Date1840-1850
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in gilt frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 47 × 37in. (119.4 × 94cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Robert H. Schutz, Jr.
DescriptionBust-length portrait of Laura Hunt Clark (Mrs. Ezra Clark) by an unknown painter. She is wearing a black bodice with a deep v-neck trimmed with a white collar (?). She is wearing a lace bonnet fastened under her chin with a brooch. She has dark brown hair parted in the middle and pulled back.
Object number1991.60.1
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, 1985.245.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture…
    Laura Wells
    1840-1845
    Gift of Charles E. Brainard and F. Kelso Davis, 1970.25.7, Connecticut Historical Society, No k…
    Huldah Foote Brainard
    Gift of Robert H. Schultz, Jr., 1980.35.11, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Ezra Clark
    Gift of Mrs. Harlow D. Savage, 1993.92.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
    Unknown
    early 19th century
    Museum purchase, 1976.13.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Unknown
    about 1835
    Gift of Elizabeth Yale Hall, 1973.11.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
    Hannah Scoville Yale