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Museum purchase, 1981.81.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Jerusha Rockwell Ogden
Museum purchase, 1981.81.2, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright

Jerusha Rockwell Ogden

PainterPainted by Joseph Steward American, 1753 - 1822
Date1794
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 29 1/8 × 25 1/2in. (74 × 64.8cm)
Other (overall height x width): 37 1/8 × 33 1/2in. (94.3 × 85.1cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionPainting of Jerusha Rockwell Ogden by Joseph Steward. Ogden has dark hair under a tall white bonnet with a black ribbon. She is wearing a black dress with a white scarf at her neck and a black lace shawl over her shoulders, with a gold beaded choker around her neck. The background is a gray painted oval.
Object number1981.81.2
NotesDate and constituent note: There is a bill of sale from Joseph Steward dated June 27, 1794, documenting the commission of this portrait and that of Jacob Ogden (1981.81.1).
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1981.81.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
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    Joseph Steward
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    late 18th-early 19th century