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Hetty Maria Lord Burritt was born on New Year's Day, 1819 to Harley and Hettey Smith Lord of Ithaca, New York. She was the first wife of Joseph C. Burritt whom she married on January 30, 1839. The couple resided on North Albany Street in Ithaca, where they raised their four children. Hettey died on January 5, 1873, at the age of fifty-four.
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.
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Arts' Many Faces ; Portraits in The New York Historical Association, (New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York, NY 1987), pp.150-151, ill. 91.
Leigh Rehner,. Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist, (exh.cat. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College Museum of Art, 1968), p. 34. ill. 30.
Artist
Henry Walton
(1804 - 1865)
Hettey Maria Lord Burritt
Date1840
DimensionsSight: 2 1/2 × 1 15/16 in. (6.4 × 4.9 cm)
Object numberN0212.1970
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Albert Force
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextIt seems that Walton adapted well to drawing with watercolor on ivory as this likeness of Hettey Maria Lord Burritt reveals a level of artistic accomplishment not often found in his early portraits. Her round eyes, full nose and tightly pursed lips are all rendered with smooth, meticulous brushstrokes. Walton used to advantage the translucent quality of the ivory support to make the face and long neckline appear soft and delicate. He employed tonal contrasts in the stippled background of this portrait, thus separating the subject from it and lending depth to the composition.
Hetty Maria Lord Burritt was born on New Year's Day, 1819 to Harley and Hettey Smith Lord of Ithaca, New York. She was the first wife of Joseph C. Burritt whom she married on January 30, 1839. The couple resided on North Albany Street in Ithaca, where they raised their four children. Hettey died on January 5, 1873, at the age of fifty-four.
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.
BibliographyPaul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Arts' Many Faces ; Portraits in The New York Historical Association, (New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York, NY 1987), pp.150-151, ill. 91.
Leigh Rehner,. Henry Walton, 19th Century American Artist, (exh.cat. Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College Museum of Art, 1968), p. 34. ill. 30.
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