Lucetta Pollock portrait
Permanent ID:
1852
Call number:
Old Am .301 v.1
Image Description:
Portrait of Lucetta A. Pollock by Thaddeus Kosciuszko. (1) is full portrait with inscription; (2) is detail of portrait.
Inscription:
The above is a likeness drawn from life, by the celebrated Genrl [General] Kosciusko, done at Philada [Philadelphia] when the Congress were in Session there, + he was in attendce [attendance] claiming a compensation for his Services + Wounds- It represents my amiable + enlightened friend Lucetta A. Pollock who died at Philada [Philadelphia] in March 1804 in her 20th yr. She was the daughter of Oliver Pollock Esqre [Esquire] distinguished in the Revolution for his zeal + services in the American cause, while a resident of New Orleans- My daughter Lucetta was named after her-
(Recto, beneath portrait)
Format:
Drawings
