Catherine Wadsworth (later Catherine Terry, 1774–1841) Yale University Art Gallery

1792

On view, 2nd floor, American Art before 1900

This miniature is part of a set of five painted by John Trumbull, four of which depict members of the artist’s family. Catherine Wadsworth, daughter of Jeremiah Wadsworth and sister of Harriet Wadsworth (1832.35), was a cousin of the artist. Catherine was married to General Nathaniel Terry, a prominent Hartford, Connecticut, lawyer.

Medium: Oil on wood
Dimensions: 3 7/8 × 3 in. (9.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit Line: Trumbull Collection
Accession Number: 1832.38
Geography: Related place Hartford, Connecticut
Culture: American
Period: 18th century
Classification: Miniatures
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography

Susan B. Matheson, Art for Yale: A History of the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2001), 18, fig. 15

Helen A. Cooper et al., John Trumbull: The Hand and Spirit of a Painter (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982), 147, pl. 96-100

Object copyright

No Copyright - United States

Additional information

Object/Work type

miniatures (paintings), portraits

Subject

Federalist Party dresses fashion girls gowns hair hairstyles women

Signed

Signed verso: "Catherine Wadsworth/daughter of/Jere: Wadsworth, Esqr./of Hartford. Connecticut/Painted at Phila./1792 by J. Trumbull"

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