Object Number 1959.2623 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Henry Francis du Pont

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Ellen Emmet Rand (Artist)
03/04/1874-12/18/1941
References: Martha J. Hoppin, The Emmets: a family of women painters (Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Museum, 1982). The Emmet Family Papers, 1792-1989, are in the Archives of American Art. Ellen Gertrude "Bay" Emmet married William Blanchard Rand in 1911. Her portraits of high society provided the main source of her family income during the Great Depression.

Place of Origin

New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1914

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Upper left; Ellen Emmet Rand / 1914

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

55.1975 (H) , 31.375 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

140.202 (H) , 79.692 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom stretcher.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Richardson, Edgar P. 1986 American Paintings and Related Pictures in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum.
• Published as cat. no. 4, pp. 5-6.
[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published as fig. 2, p. 15.
[Article] Bowman, Leslie Greene. 01//2002 Introduction. Antiques. 161 (1): 154-157.
• Published: p. 154, pl. I.
[Article] Spohn, Clarence E. 2014 The Musselmans of Murrell, Pioneer Dealers in Pennsylvania German and Early American Antiques. Journal of The Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley. 39: 3-106.
• Published: p. 53.