Object Details
- Artist
- Nellie Mathes Horne, 1870 - 27 May 1950
- Sitter
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood, 25 Oct 1830 - 19 May 1917
- Exhibition Label
- Born Royalton, New York
- The attorney and social justice activist Belva Ann Lockwood was a trailblazer for women’s rights. As a teacher in the 1850s, she reduced gender inequality in education by implementing fitness and public speaking classes for girls. In 1879, after lobbying successfully for a congressional bill permitting women to argue before the Supreme Court, she became the first woman to do so. While campaigning for women’s right to vote, she ran twice for president (in 1884 and 1888) as the Equal Rights Party nominee.
- In 1902, toward the end of her forty-year legal career, Lockwood represented the Eastern Band of Cherokee and obtained a substantial settlement from the U.S. government for money owed on an 1838 land treaty. In this portrait, the artist Nellie Mathes Horne emphasized Lockwood’s intellectual achievements, representing her in the academic robes she received with her honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Syracuse University in 1909.
- Nacida en Royalton, Nueva York
- La abogada y activista social Belva Ann Lockwood abrió camino para los derechos de la mujer. Como maestra en la década de 1850, combatió la desigualdad de géneros implantando clases de gimnasia y oratoria para las niñas. En 1879, tras un exitoso cabildeo por un proyecto congresional que permitía a las mujeres litigar ante el Tribunal Supremo, fue la primera en asumir la tarea. Mientras hacía campaña por el sufragio femenino, fue dos veces candidata presidencial (1884 y 1888) del Partido por la Igualdad de Derechos.
- En 1902, hacia el fin de sus 40 años de carrera legal, Lockwood representó a la Banda Cherokee del Este y obtuvo para ellos un pago sustancial del gobierno de EE.UU. por dinero adeudado según un tratado de tierras de 1838. En este retrato, Nellie Mathes Horne enfatizó los logros intelectuales de Lockwood, presentándola con la toga académica que recibió al obtener un doctorado honorario en derecho de la Universidad de Syracuse en 1909.
- Provenance
- Commissioned by the Committee on a tribute to Mrs. Belva Ann Lockwood, Washington, 1913, exhibited Willard Hotel; loaned to National Museum [Smithsonian], 1913; 1917 gift to NCFA; transferred 1966 to NPG.
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the Smithsonian American Art Museum; gift of the Committee for "A Tribute to Mrs. Belva Ann Lockwood" through Mrs. Anna Kelton Wiley, 1917
- 1913
- Object number
- NPG.66.61
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 177.8 x 101.9 x 5.1cm (70 x 40 1/8 x 2")
- Frame: 208.3 x 133.4 x 15.2cm (82 x 52 1/2 x 6")
- See more items in
- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Exhibition
- Out of Many: Portraits from 1600 to 1900
- On View
- NPG, East Gallery 141
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Printed Material\Document
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Female
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Law and Crime\Lawyer
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Politics and Government\Presidential candidate
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Lecturer
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Educator\Teacher
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Arts and Culture\Education and Scholarship\Administrator\School administrator\Principal
- Belva Ann Bennett Lockwood: Social Welfare and Reform\Reformer\Social reformer\Civil rights activist\Suffragist
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.66.61
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm43a910aca-ef1c-49c8-97b9-627e699f7ae7
