A watercolor study of foliage in a planter behind which stands an urn; a palette over which hangs a cascade of pink roses sits in the foreground. and On the verso of the image is a watercolor silhouette of a lady in black and white, possibly the artist.
Description:
In pencil on recto: Given by Lady [indecipherable] / to Lady Llanover Jan 1862 - / Belonged to [indecipherable]., In pencil on verso: 1980.523., and Signed and dated by the artist on the palette: M. Dela- / 1786.
Subject (Name):
DeDelany, Mrs. (Mary), 1700-1788 and Llanover, Augusta Hall, Baroness, 1802-1896
On the reverse side of print: "One of Prof. Thoms earliest prints. The Medical School on York Street. To the left is the former Dispensary. To the right and in the rear the Laboratory Building." Signed in pencil.
Scrapbook and papers of Albert Tracy document his activities as a poet and artist, 1843-1892. The scrapbook includes clippings of his poems published in newspapers, a letter from Wendell Phillips related to the publication of a poem, and Tracy's published accounts of the Mexican War and his critiques of the post-Civil War United States Army. The papers include several manuscript poems and additional newspaper clippings, as well as pencil drawings that depict a panorama of Fort Bridger in the Utah Territory and a view of the fort interior, June 3-4, 1858.
Description:
Albert Tracy (1818-1893) joined the United States Army as a lieutenant in the 9th Infantry during the Mexican War, and served as Adjutant General of Maine, 1852-1855. He returned to the Army to serve in the 10th Infantry, in which he participated in an expedition against the Sioux from Fort Snelling, Minnesota, in the Utah Expedition, and in the American Civil War, when he attained the rank of colonel and served as aide-de-camp to John C. Frémont.
Subject (Geographic):
Fort Bridger (Wyo.)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Tracy, Albert,--1818-1893 and Utah Expedition--(1857-1858)
Harding, G. P. (George Perfect), 1780-1853, artist.
Call Number:
24 17 791P Copy 5
Collection Title:
Castle of Otranto.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Paintings & Drawings
Abstract:
Portrait of Lady Mary Coke, bust length, in profile to the left; wearing a plain headdress, a ruffled choker, and a low-cut gown.
Description:
Date of production based on artist's death date., Former owners include R.S. Holford and J.O. Jardine Binnie. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from E. Mathews, February 1939., Inlaid opposite page xiii in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791]., Title devised by curator., and Unsigned; attribution to George Perfect Harding from local catalog card.
Subject (Name):
Binnie, J. O. Jardine--Ownership., Coke, Mary,--Lady,--1726-1811--Portraits., and Holford, Robert Stayner,--1808-1892--Ownership.