Artist/Maker
Cornelia A. Fassett
Depicted
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb
(1829 – 1893)
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (Martha Joanna Nash, 1829–1893)
1878
Oil on millboard
Sight: 14 3/4 in. × 24 in. (37.5 × 61 cm)
Unframed: 15 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (39.4 × 62.9 cm)
Framed: 26 3/4 in. × 36 in. × 4 in. (67.9 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
Unframed: 15 1/2 × 24 3/4 in. (39.4 × 62.9 cm)
Framed: 26 3/4 in. × 36 in. × 4 in. (67.9 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
Bequest of Mrs. Charles A. Lamb
1893.2
Martha Joanna Nash, the daughter of Arvin and Lucinda (Vinton) Nash, was born in Plainfield, Massachusetts. She married Charles A. Lamb in 1852 and lived in Chicago the next fourteen years. She moved to New York in 1866 and embarked on a literary career, writing many short stories for magazines as well as a novel, "Spicy," which was published in 1873. However, her 2-volume "History of the City of New York" (1877-81) was her first work to win wide acclaim.
SignedSigned and dated at lower right: "C. A. Fassett 1878"
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Collections
- Collection Highlights
- Women's Work
