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Object Name
Oil Painting - Lucretia Deming (1804-1887)
Object Number
1941-01-1
Description
Oil on canvas 1/2 length oval portrait of Lucretia Deming (1804-1887) as an older woman, turned to the right, brown hair parted in the middle, with a white lace bonnet with side pieces decorated with feathers and artificial flowers, brown eyes, wearing a dark dress with white lace collar a gold and sea pearl hair brooch at her neck, seated in a red chair, dark background.
Comment
Lucretia Deming was born in Litchfield in 1804, the daughter of Julius Deming and Clarissa (Champion), he was a prominent merchant in town. She attended the Litchfield Female Academy in 1816, 1818-19. She died in 1887 never having married. For companion portraits of her nephew, Julius Deming Perkins, see 1941-01-2 and of her niece, Mrs. John W. Quincy, Lucretia Deming Perkins, see 1950-01-5.
Category
Communication Artifacts
Maker
Date Made
1856
Dimensions
Oval Painting: 29 5/8" x 24 3/4"; Frame: 38 3/4" x 33"
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Oil Painting - Lucretia Deming (1804-1887)