Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Drawings
The Betrothed, Folio no. 2 in the John Ludlow Morton Album
Object Number:
1944.366
Date:
1826
Medium:
Brown ink and wash on paper, bound into album
Dimensions:
8 1/8 x 7 1/4 in.
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at middle left in brown ink: "Inman del. 1826."; below at center: "'I heard a distant sound' said Eveline, -- 'I thought / I heard it -- hark!, it comes again' -- / Page 79 of the Betrothed. / Tales of the Crusaders."
Description:
Genre
Gallery Label:
This portrait is attributed to Henry Inman on stylistic grounds; the date is assigned on the basis of the design of the coat and because Inman at the time was executing similar small portraits.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Emily Ellison Post
Provenance:
John Ludlow Morton, New York City; Harriet E. Morton Ellison; Emily Ellison Post, Jackson Heights, New York City
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
