Harvard Art Museums > HNA41: Emily Elizabeth, Austin, and Lavinia Dickinson Paintings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Add to Collection Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Emily Elizabeth, Austin, and Lavinia Dickinson (Otis Allen Bullard)(Emily Dickinson) , HNA41,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 30, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/305265. Identification and Creation Object Number HNA41 People Otis Allen Bullard, American (Howard, NY 1816 - 1853 New York, NY) Emily Dickinson, American (1830 - 1886) Title Emily Elizabeth, Austin, and Lavinia Dickinson Classification Paintings Work Type painting Date c. 1840 Places Creation Place: North America, United States Culture American Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/305265 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 71 x 60.5 cm (27 15/16 x 23 13/16 in.) framed: 90.2 x 80 x 6.7 cm (35 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Acquired by Gilbert H. Montague from the Dickinson home, Amherst, MA; his gift to Houghton Library, 1950. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Gilbert H. Montague to the Houghton Library, 1950 Object Number HNA41 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This is a portrait of the three Dickinson children--William Austin (1829-1985), the future poet Emily Elizabeth (1830-1886), at left, and Lavinia Norcross (1833-1899), at right. Publication History Barbara N. Parker, "The Dickinson Portraits", Harvard Library Bulletin (Winter 1952), vol. 6, pp. 133-137, p. 143, pl. I Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), p. 110, cat. 63, ill. Exhibition History Emily Dickinson: A Life in Writing, 1830-1999, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 08/01/1999 - 10/29/1999 I'm Nobody! Who are you? The Life and Poetry of Emily Dickinson, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 01/20/2017 - 05/21/2017 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
