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Benevolence
D. W. Kellogg & Co.c. 1830–40
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, United States
In the early nineteenth century, lithographs of idealized women and families were a popular way to spread the sentimental and religious values of Romanticism. The titles were the virtues they represented—Modesty, Benevolence, Satisfaction, Charity, Devotion, and Tenderness.
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Details
- Title: Benevolence
- Creator: D. W. Kellogg & Co.
- Manufacturer: American
- Date Created: c. 1830–40
- Location Created: United States, Hartford, Connecticut
- Physical Dimensions: 7 x 6 inches
- Provenance: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Gift from the Estate of John H. Sage, 1925.971
- Type: Lithograph
- Original Source: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT. Gift from the Estate of John H. Sage, 1925.971
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Date end: 1840
- Creator 1 birth date: active c. 1830–1842
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