Lydia Coit Terry (Mrs. Eliphalet Terry)

c. 1824

Samuel F. B. Morse

Associated Names
Samuel F. B. Morse

Artist, American, 1791 - 1872

The image shows the upper half of a seated woman, angled slightly to the side but facing forward. She has fair skin, rosy cheeks, dark brown curly hair, and wears a white lace cap with a lace collar over a dark garment. A red fabric is draped around her shoulders. The background is plain with an indistinct vertical line to the side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Charles Terry Butler

  • Dimensions

    overall: 75.8 x 63 cm (29 13/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
    framed: 101.9 x 88.9 x 7.6 cm (40 1/8 x 35 x 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1981.46.2

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter's daughter, Mrs. Charles Collins [née Mart Hall Terry]; her daughter, Mrs. William Allen Butler [née Louise Terry Collins]; her son, Dr. Charles Terry Butler, Chappaqua, New York; gift 1981 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1932

  • Wehle, Harry B. Samuel F. B. Morse, American Painter: A Study Occasioned by an Exhibition of His Paintings. Exh cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1932: 43.

1954

  • Larkin, Oliver W. Samuel F. B. Morse and American Democratic Art. Boston, 1954: 77.

1988

  • Kloss, William. Samuel F. B. Morse. New York, 1988: 90.

1989

  • Staiti, Paul J. Samuel F. B. Morse. New York, 1989: 113, 116; fig. 70, pl. VI.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 237, repro.

1998

  • Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 16, 18-19, color repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20184948

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