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Portrait of Jerusha Benedict (Mrs. Isaac Ives)
Ralph Earl1790
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
Winterthur, United States
Jerusha Benedict’s silk dress, jewelry, and other adornments demonstrate the connections between rural Connecticut and global trade. The feathers in her hat (possibly ostrich from Africa) and the jeweled ornaments (likely imported) in her powdered hair and hanging from a cord around her neck all make use of materials acquired in the global market.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Jerusha Benedict (Mrs. Isaac Ives)
- Creator: Ralph Earl (1751–1801)
- Date Created: 1790
- Location Created: Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, North America
- Physical Dimensions: H 38.12 in., W 31.9 in.
- Type: Paintings
- Rights: Image © 2009, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library
- External Link: Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Inscription: Signature; Lower left; R. Earl/ pinxt. 1790
- Custom link: Bearing Witness Exhibition
- Credit line: Bequest of Pamela Cunningham Copeland
- Accession number: 2001.0049 A
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