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Miss Denison of Stonington, Connecticut (possibly Matilda Denison)
Joseph Stewardc. 1790
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Washington, DC, United States
Details
- Title: Miss Denison of Stonington, Connecticut (possibly Matilda Denison)
- Creator: The Denison Limner (Probably Joseph Steward)
- Date Created: c. 1790
- Physical Dimensions: overall: 87.7 x 68.7 cm (34 1/2 x 27 1/16 in.) framed: 102.9 x 84.1 x 4.3 cm (40 1/2 x 33 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.)
- Provenance: Recorded as from Stonington, Connecticut. Descended in the family of the sitter.[1] (Victor Spark, New York), by whom sold in 1947 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980. [1] Although she was previously identified as Phebe Denison [1782-1853], genealogical records and the apparent age of the sitter suggest that this may be a portrait of Matilda [1776-1842], Phebe's older sister. In 1796 Matilda married Samuel Hurlbut, a ship chandler, ship owner, and merchant; they had ten children. Phebe and her husband W. J. Robinson also had ten children, and lived in Morristown, New Jersey. (E. Glenn Denison, et al., _Denison Genealogy, Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison_, [Stonington, Conn., 1963].)
- Rights: CC0
- Medium: oil on canvas
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