Portrait of Woman with Comb

Alternate TitleMrs. C. C. Royal

Artist Nathaniel Lakeman (American, 1756 - after 1830)

Date1822

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsUnframed: 27 1/2 x 22 1/4 inches (69.85 x 56.52 cm)
Framed: 33 5/8 x 27 1/16 inches (85.41 x 68.74 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number33-45

SignedNone.

On View

Not on view

Collections

American Art

Terms

DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a lady turned slightly to left; black curly hair with high comb, dark eyes, long face with pointed chin; wears long-sleeved white dress with standing ruff and elaborate collar; red shawl draped over chair behind figure.Published References

Published References

A Catalogue of the First Exhibition in the New Galleries of the Society of Arts and Crafts of American Folk Art, Painting, and Sculpture, exh. cat. (Detroit: Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts, 1932), 3 (as Unknown);

Centennial Exhibition, exh. cat. (Buffalo, N.Y.: Albright Art Gallery, 1932), 7 (as Woman with Comb);

Downtown Gallery Records, 1924-74, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, microfilm reel 5611, frame 894 (as Portrait of Mrs. C. C. Royal);

"Art: The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art Acquires Seven Examples of American Folk Art, Including an Old Model Weather Vane of Unusual Merit," Kansas City Star, 19 March 1933, 13A;

"The Acquisitions," Art Digest 8 (1 December 1933), 21 (as Portrait of Mrs. C.C. Royal);

"The William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art: Complete Catalogue of Paintings and Drawings," Art News 32 (9 December 1933), 28 (as Portrait of Mrs. C. C. Royal); NAMA 1933, 137 (as Portrait of Mrs. C.C. Royal);

NAMA 1959, 256;

NAMA 1973, 253;

Arts and Crafts in Detroit, 1906-1976: The Movement, the Society, the School (Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1976), 160.

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