Portrait of a Woman
Edwin Plummer, American, 1802 - 1880
about 1828
Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Sheet: 4 1/2 × 3 7/16 in. (11.5 × 8.8 cm)
Frame: 5 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (14 × 12.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of M. Elaine Tefft and the late Stanton E. Tefft, in memory of Gerald and Dorothy Shea
2014.68
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Watercolor
Research Area
Watercolor
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, on reverse, in light graphite: B (G?) / HC / 18??
Course History
WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019
WRIT 7.24, Past Imperfect, Cynthia Monroe, Spring 2019
HIST 9.01, America: From Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite, Fall 2019
HIST 5.14, Americas: Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite and Ernesto Mercadeo-Montero, Fall 2022
Exhibition History
American Art, Colonial to Modern, Israel Sack Gallery and Rush Family Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 31, 2019-January 20, 2020.
American Folk Art at the Hood Museum of Art (a thematic partial permanent gallery installation); Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, July 16, 2015.
Published References
Reference: Deborah M. Child, “Edwin Plummer and his ‘Portrait Likenesses,’” in Antiques and Fine Art Magazine, vol. 11, issue 3 (Summer/Autumn 2011), http://www.afanews.com/articles/item/826-edwin-plummer-and-his-portrait-likenesses#.UWSHL6I3sl8
Provenance
Gerald and Dorothy Shea, New York City and Bedford and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire; sold (either via Gerald Shea’s estate auction sale or directly) in the late 1970s or early 1980s to M. Elaine Tefft, Bedford, New Hampshire; transferred to the Marie Elaine Tefft Revocable Trust in September, 2003; given to present collection, 2014.
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