Hannah Cliff Cresswell (Mrs. George Cresswell) and Son Joseph
- Culture
- American
- Date
- early 1840s
- Material
- Oil on canvas
- made in
- Potosi, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Paintings
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 48 × 36 in. (121.9 × 91.4 cm)
framed: 51 × 43 × 2 in. (129.5 × 109.2 × 5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Cresswell Farm, LLC
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 197:2017
NOTES
Hannah Cresswell and her youngest son, Joseph, sat patiently while a traveling artist, whose identity is currently unknown, recorded details of their clothing and facial features. The limited ability to convey form or anatomy suggests that this painter was self-taught. However, the artist endowed the Cresswells with no less individuality than portraits by academically trained artists.
The Cresswell family commissioned portraits for their new home near Potosi, Missouri. These works celebrate their rising wealth from the mill and furnace they owned, which were powered by both free and enslaved laborers.
The Cresswell family commissioned portraits for their new home near Potosi, Missouri. These works celebrate their rising wealth from the mill and furnace they owned, which were powered by both free and enslaved laborers.
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