Almira H. Mapes

Datec. 1841

DimensionsSight: 9 7/8 × 7 in. (25.1 × 17.8 cm)

Object numberN0197.1956

Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of E. Hayden Parks

Photograph by Richard Walker

Label TextAlmira H. Montgomery Mapes lived in Lodi, New York, with her husband James, who was a merchant. Together they had four daughters, three of whom died in infancy, although a fourth child, Frances, lived to adulthood. At the time that this portrait was drawn, Almira was only thirty-eight years old. However, the gaunt appearance of her face suggests a sickly disposition; her eyes seem heavy, cheeks sunken and her overall condition somewhat frail. Amira died on May 5, 1845, only a few years after this portrait was drawn.
Exhibition History“Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist,” Ithaca College Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY, December 9, 1968 – January 4, 1969; Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Ithaca, NY, May 10, 1988 – June 26, 1988; Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA, July 3, 1988 – October 26, 1988; New York State Museum, Albany, NY, November 12, 1988 – January 29. 1989.
ProvenanceE. Hayden Parks, Buffalo, New York
BibliographyD'Ambrosio, Paul S. and Charlotte M. Emans, "Folk Arts' Many Faces ; Portraits in The New York Historical Association," New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York, 1987, pp. 153, illus. as no. 93 on p. 153

Jones, Agnes Halsey, "Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York, 1700-1875." [exhibition catalog]. [Utica, NY: Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute], 1958: 75, illustration 73.

Rehner, Leigh, "Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist." [exhbition catalog] Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College Museum of Art, 1968: 24, illustration 18 on page 25.

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