Daniel Huntington
The Clematis Wreath
1862
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Daniel Huntington
The Clematis Wreath
1862
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, 14 x 11 5/8 in. (35.6 x 29.5 cm)
Framed: 23 3/4 x 21 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (60.3 x 55.2 x 11.4 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of W. Clagett Emory in Memory of his Parents, William H. Emory of A and Martha B. Emory
Object Number
1957.17
Daniel Huntington found a ready market for uplifting genre subjects, such as this softly lit image of a young woman trimming her straw hat with woodland flowers. It was likely a nod to the growing number of city residents who longed for more direct contact with unspoiled nature. The picture was acquired as a work of contemporary art by David Lewis Bartlett (1816-1899), a Baltimore collector who lent it to the National Academy of Design for public exhibition in 1865.
David Lewis Bartlett, Baltimore, by 1865
Mrs. David Lewis Bartlett, Baltimore
Mrs. David L. Bartlett Sale, Baltimore, 1932
W. Clagett Emory, Baltimore
Mrs. David Lewis Bartlett, Baltimore
Mrs. David L. Bartlett Sale, Baltimore, 1932
W. Clagett Emory, Baltimore
NAD, New York, 1865, no. 312 (as "The Clematis Wreath," lent by D.L. Bartlett)
Probably, Baltimore, "Charity Art Exhibition," 1874, no. 98 (as "The Artist's Wreath," lent by D.L. Bartlett)
Academy of Music, Baltimore, "Charity Art Exhibition", Mar. 16-31, 1876, no. 182 (as by D. Huntington [sic], The Clematis Wreath, lent by D.L. Bartlett)
Probably, Baltimore, "Charity Art Exhibition," 1874, no. 98 (as "The Artist's Wreath," lent by D.L. Bartlett)
Academy of Music, Baltimore, "Charity Art Exhibition", Mar. 16-31, 1876, no. 182 (as by D. Huntington [sic], The Clematis Wreath, lent by D.L. Bartlett)
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, p. 87.
Inscribed: Lower left: "D. Huntington / 63"
On View at the BMA
![[FIGURE WITH LONG HAIR, WEARING A DRESSSING GOWN, HOLDING A WREATH AND QUILL]](https://artbmadevsite.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/101494_32343274.jpg)
