Gilbert Stuart
American, 1755–1828
Mrs. Adam Babcock (Martha Hubbard)
c. 1806
Stuart painted Martha Hubbard Babcock and her husband, Captain Adam Babcock, shortly after the artist moved to Boston at the invitation of the senator of Massachusetts. Stuart had gained considerable celebrity for his iconic images of George Washington and was widely considered one of America’s finest portrait painters.
| Medium | oil on panel |
| Dimensions | 32 7/8 × 26 3/8 in. (83.5 × 67 cm) Frame: 40 3/8 × 34 3/8 × 4 1/4 in. (102.6 × 87.3 × 10.8 cm) |
| Object Number | 1994.14 |
| Acquisition | Gift of Sarah Higginson Begley, 1994 |
| Status | On View |
Image Caption
Gilbert Stuart, Mrs. Adam Babcock (Martha Hubbard), c. 1806, oil on panel. Clark Art Institute, gift of Sarah Higginson Begley, 1994.14
Select Bibliography
Barratt, Carrie Rebora and Ellen G. Miles. Gilbert Stuart. Exhibition catalogue. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2004.
