Henry Inman
Mrs. Samuel Owings Hoffman
1832
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Henry Inman
Mrs. Samuel Owings Hoffman
1832
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm.)
Framed: 37 5/16 × 30 5/8 in. (94.8 × 77.8 cm.)
Sight: 28 1/4 × 24 1/4 in. (71.8 × 61.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. John Douglass Wade
Object Number
1942.44
Portrait of Louis Airey Gilmor Hoffman (Mrs.Samuel Owings Hoffman) by Henry Inman, 1833. Oil on canvas. Louis Hoffman (1804-1879) was the daughter of William Gilmor of Baltimore and his wife, Marianne Smith Drysdale. She married Samuel Owings Hoffman (1801-1860) on May 9, 1826. She is wearing a high-waisted white dress with a deep, V-shaped neckline, and is enveloped in a rich red shawl edged in fringe and a colorful band of embroidery. In the background there is the suggestion of a romantic, cloud-filled sky through which an area of blue appears in the upper left corner.
Publication References
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 88-89, ill. p. 88.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1942; Louisa Gilmor Riach Wade (Mrs. John Douglass Wade)(1870-1962), Baltimore, MD by descent, 1896; Alexander Fridge (1825-1896) and Louisa Gilmore Hoffman Riach (1831-1884), Baltimore, MD by descent, 1879; Samuel Owings (1801-1860) and Louisa Airey Gilmor Hoffman (1804-1879)
Theodore Bolton, "A Catalogue of the Paintings of Henry Inman," The Art Quarterly, supplement to vol. 3, 1940, p. 406, no. 62.
Mayer, Brantz. and Richardson & Bennett. "Baltimore: Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men," Publisher: Richardson & Bennett, Baltimore, 1871; John W. Woods, Printer. pp. 295-298.
Genealogy from Maryland Center for History and Culture:
Identifier: MS 3271
Riach/Wade Papers
https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/1313
Series I: Riach Family
https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/247291
Archives of Maryland, Samuel Owings Hoffman (c.1801-1860), MSA SC 3520-12989
https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/012900/012989/html/12989bio.html
Mayer, Brantz. and Richardson & Bennett. "Baltimore: Past and Present, with Biographical Sketches of its Representative Men," Publisher: Richardson & Bennett, Baltimore, 1871; John W. Woods, Printer. pp. 295-298.
Genealogy from Maryland Center for History and Culture:
Identifier: MS 3271
Riach/Wade Papers
https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/1313
Series I: Riach Family
https://mdhistory.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/archival_objects/247291
Archives of Maryland, Samuel Owings Hoffman (c.1801-1860), MSA SC 3520-12989
https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/012900/012989/html/12989bio.html
Inscribed: None