Mrs. Luman Reed 1832 - 1835

Charles Cromwell Ingham's "Mrs. Luman Reed," painted between 1832-1835, is a portrait of a prominent American socialite, Mrs. Luman Reed. The painting, currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, captures the sitter in a formal pose, adorned in a lace bonnet and a fur-trimmed gown, symbolizing both elegance and affluence. Ingham, a prominent American portrait painter, uses delicate brushstrokes and soft lighting to render Mrs. Reed with a sense of realism and sophistication, making "Mrs. Luman Reed" a fine example of early American portraiture.