Object Number 2001.0049 A

Object Name

Painting (Portrait)

Title

Jerusha Benedict (Mrs. Isaac Ives)

Category

Paintings

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Pamela Cunningham Copeland

Creator (Role)

Ralph Earl (Artist)
1751-1801
References: Elizabeth Kornhauser, Ralph Earl: The Face of the Young Republic (New Haven, Conn. and London, 1991).

Place of Origin

Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as New Milford, but the Ives were Danbury residents.

Date

1790

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Signature; Lower left; R. Earl/ pinxt. 1790

Subjects

Portrait

Materials

Oil paint; Canvas

Techniques

Painted

Dimensions (inches)

38.12 (H) , 31.9 (W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

96.82 (H) , 80.9 (W)

Measurement Notes

H at proper right stretcher. W at bottom. Measurements of modern frame (made by Bockrath): H (at left): 40.8125 in. (103.66 cm); W (at bottom): 34.625 in. (87.95 cm); D (at bottom left corner): 1.875 in. (4.76 cm).

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Cooper, Wendy A. 2002 An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum.
• Published: fig. 5, pp. 158 & 160.
[Article] Verplanck, Anne. 10//2006 "Acquiring and Researching Portraits" (A Winterthur Primer [column]). Antiques and Fine Art. 7 (No. 3 (Autumn/Winter 06)): 238-39.
• Published: p. 239, fig. 3