Women in Classical Dress, 1790-1810
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Mehetabel Wingate (1772 - 1846) likely painted these fanciful images as a school girl, before her marriage in 1792. They represent an idealized vision of classical antiquity that was the height of taste in the years following the Revolution, when Americans viewed themselves as the inheritors of the ideals of the ancient world--democracy from Greece and representative government from Rome.
Mehetabel Wingate (1772 - 1846) likely painted these fanciful images as a school girl, before her marriage in 1792. They represent an idealized vision of classical antiquity that was the height of taste in the years following the Revolution, when Americans viewed themselves as the inheritors of the ideals of the ancient world--democracy from Greece and representative government from Rome.
Artifact
Watercolor (Painting)
Date Made
1790-1810
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.3.2261
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Watercolor (Paint)
Paper (Fiber product)
Pencil
Dimensions
Height: 9.25 in
Width: 13.188 in
Inscriptions
M.WINGATE
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