Mrs. Martha Atkins Barnes
1834
19th Century
4 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.
Lucius Barnes,
American,
(August 1, 1819–September 9, 1836)
Object Type:
Work on Paper
Medium and Support:
watercolor & ink on heavy-wove paper
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum, Gift of The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
Accession Number:
2002.1.5
Portrait of the artist's grandmother, Mrs. Martha Atkins Barnes of Middletown, Connecticut, shown seated in a chair. She is facing to the right reading the Bible. Lucius Barnes had been crippled at an early age and died at 17. He created this portrait around the age of 15.