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Mrs. John Adams Conant

1829
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774
Very little is known of Caroline D. Holton, wife of John Adams Conant (see 13.217.1). She must have died before May 1869, when her husband married for the second time. Dunlap painted her while staying with the Conant family at Brandon, Vermont between August and October, 1829. Dunlap's style, although less successful here than in the companion portrait of her husband, is derived from works by Thomas Sully.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mrs. John Adams Conant
  • Artist: William Dunlap (American, Perth Amboy, New Jersey 1766–1839 New York)
  • Date: 1829
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: 30 1/8 x 25 in. (76.8 x 63.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Gift of John A. Church, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.217.2
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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