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Hulda Martin in her 55 year
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About this work
Hulda Martin was originally from Rehoboth, Massachusetts, in the southeastern part of the state. The portraitist, possibly Massachusetts artist Frederick Mayhew, emphasized her gentility by posing the fifty-five-year-old matron with a book. Details of Hulda’s lace, her modest jewelry, and an ornately painted chair enliven this otherwise sober portrait.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineHulda Martin in her 55 year. 1826. Frederick Mayhew, born Chilmark, MA 1785-died Cambridge, OH 1854. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson. CC0.
