Hannah Lemmon Corcoran (Mrs. Thomas Corcoran)
c. 1802/1810
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 91.44 × 66.36 cm (36 × 26 1/8 in.) framed: 109.22 × 83.19 × 8.26 cm (43 × 32 3/4 × 3 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Arthur Hellen)
Accession Number
2014.136.66
Art Historical Context
Step into the early 19th-century world of American portraiture with *Hannah Lemmon CorcoranMrs. Thomas Corcor)*, painted around 1802–1810 by Charles Peale Polk. member of the illustrious Peale family of artists—nephew to the renowned Charles Willson PealePolk captured the likeness of Hannah, wife of merchant Thomas Corcoran, this oil-on-canvas portrait measuring 36 × 1/8 inches. Displayed today in the National Gallery of as part of the Corcoran Collection (gift of Arthur Hellen), it reflects the era's fascination with formal likenesses that affirmed social standing. Polk's work embodies the ...