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Gift of Mrs. Harlow D. Savage, 1993.92.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known c…
Hannah Hurlbut Patten
Gift of Mrs. Harlow D. Savage, 1993.92.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Hannah Hurlbut Patten

Dateearly 19th century
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 30 3/16 × 35 3/8in. (76.7 × 89.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harlow D. Savage, Jr.
DescriptionWaist-length portrait of Hannah Hurlbut Patten by an unknown artist. She is sitting in a chair with a red upholstered back, and is wearing a black dress, white scarf or fichu fastened with a brooch, and white lace bonnet tied under her chin. Her brown hair is parted in the middle and pulled back.
Object number1993.92.2
InscribedVerso of canvas: "PORTRAIT RESTORED RELINED FALL 1947 / BY ALEX PORTER / JACKSON HEIGHTS N.Y."

Left edge of frame, pencil: "LADY"

Top of stretcher, in black: "18"

Top edge of frame:

Scratched: "Mrs. Patten"

In black: "17" "17"

In pencil: "8823"

Right edge of frame: "2186"
On View
Not on view
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