Object number1968.22
Portrait of Lilla and Emma Thomas
Date1857
Artist
Jacob D. Blondel
(American, 1817-1877)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 49 1/4 x 39 1/4 in. (125.1 x 99.7 cm)
Framed: 68 1/4 x 49 9/16 x 4 in. (173.36 x 125.89 x 10.16 cm)
Framed: 68 1/4 x 49 9/16 x 4 in. (173.36 x 125.89 x 10.16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Ruth D. Elder, class of 1920 and Samuel J. Elder in memory of Lilla Thomas Elder, class of 1873 and Margaret Elder Dow, class of 1904
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedNot signed
InscribedInscription on attached piece of cardboard: Portrait of Lilla Thomas Elder (the younger One) and her sister Emma Thomas, of Hastings on Hudson at three and five years old. Painted in 1857 by Jacob D. Blondel (1817-1877) Member of the American Art Union, and National Academy, and a student of William Page. Given in devoted memory of Lilla Thomas Elder, Vassar 1873 and Margaret Elder Dow, Vassar 1904 by Samuel J. Elder and Ruth Elder, Vassar 1920 to Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York.
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