Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Portrait |
Title |
Prudence Blackburn Hunt |
Catalog Number |
2016.136 |
Creator |
Marschall, Nicola |
Date |
ca. 1875 |
Material(s) |
Canvas/Paint/Wood/Plaster/Steel |
Dimensions |
H-39.75 W-34.625 D-4 inches |
Description |
This is an oval oil portrait by Nicola Marschall of Prudence Blackburn Hunt. Pictured is a woman of later middle age with brown hair and touches of gray, brown eyes with a steady gaze, straight nose with wide nostrils, and medium thin lips that are slightly upturned on the left side. She wears a lace day cap with a black ribbon around the lower edge, tied with a bow in the center. She wears a black dress with a V-neck and a white chiffon scarf around her neck, tucked into the dress, and held together at the lower neck by an eight-sided gold framed memorial portrait brooch with a portrait of her husband, Maj. William G. Hunt. The frame is of gilt wood and plaster. There are two pieces of paper attached to the back. The first reads: "Prudence Blackburn Mo---1818 in Woodford County-Ky. At the age of 18 years she was married to Major W. G. Hunt a large planter in Washington County Miss. 1836. They lived on the LaGrange Plantation (near Greenville, Miss.) in the winter, and the summer months they lived at their Kentucky home in Frankfort (where the State Capitol now stands). They had twelve children, her sons were in the Confederate Army. Later her husband lost his life in the explosion of the steamer "W. R. Carter" near Vicksburg in 1866. They are both buried in the Hunt lot in Frankfort Cemetery." The second note reads: "Wm. Hunt born in 1801-died March 24, 1866 Born near Boston, Mass. When a young man he went to Natchez, Miss. later invested in plantations near Greenville, Miss. where he cleared $75,000 a year. Later bought property in Frankfort, Ky. which he used as a summer home. At 36 years of age he married Prudence Blackburn of Woodford County, Ky. met her in Miss. while she was on a visit to relatives she was only 18 yrs of age. He lost his life in the explosion of the steamer "W.R. Carter" near Vicksburg in 1866. He is buried in the Frankfort Cemetery." |
Notes |
This portrait of Prudence Blackburn Hunt (July 9, 1818, - August 31, 1893) was painted is by Nichola Marschall. Marschall was a Prussian artist who designed the Confederate flag. Mrs. Hunt owned the property that the new Kentucky State Capitol buildling was constructed on. The Kentucky Historical Society also has portraits of Mrs. Hunt's uncles and an aunt, |
Collection |
Lisbeth Ewing Collection |
People |
Marschall, Nicola, 1829-1917 Marschall, Nicola, 1829-1917 Hunt, Prudence Blackburn |
Subjects |
Portrait paintings Portraits Paintings Women |
Search Terms |
New Capitol Building Kentucky State Capitol Capitol Capitol building Frankfort (Ky.) Franklin County (Ky.) Women |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |