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Hannah Wentworth Atkinson

1760

Joseph Blackburn

(British, c. 1730–1787)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 124.7 x 99.3 cm (49 1/8 x 39 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1919.1005
Public Domain
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Painter Joseph Blackburn worked in Bermuda before moving to the Thirteen Colonies.

Description

Posed bolt upright in a billowing satin gown, Hannah Wentworth Atkinson is almost a mannequin for the display of opulent textiles. The wife of the colony of New Hampshire's chief justice and richest man, she found a suitable portrait painter in Joseph Blackburn, who sought to present the fashionable tastes of his sitters.
A vertically oriented oil painting depicts a woman with light skin tone from the knees up, seated and turned slightly to our right. Gazing at us, she wears a cream gown with a blue bow, thin necklace, and a sheer veil over her dark hair. Her hands grasp a gray-brown wrap. To our left, a dark landscape sits behind a stone ledge under a red sky, while a green drape hangs on our right.

Hannah Wentworth Atkinson

1760

Joseph Blackburn

(British, c. 1730–1787)
America

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