Portrait of Eliza Nichols Atwood Dimond (Mrs. Hopestill Potter Dimond)(1797-1888)

A red-and-black color scheme dramatically complements Eliza Dimond's pale skin and dark hair and eyes, while her sidelong glance and, the coquettish tilt of her head imbue this likeness with particular charm. The graceful serpentine curves of the bodice of the sitter's dress relieve the dominant vertical thrust of the composition, while her folded hands framed by crisply pleated cuffs bespeak both demureness and self assurance. Thompson's portraits of Eliza Dimond's husband and father-in-law are also in the collection, all three having been given to Colonial Williamsburg by a family descendant.
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