A portrait of Diantha Atwood Gordon, done in about 1832. Like our portraits, it is done in oil on wood panel and measures about 30 x 25 inches, a standard portrait size. (http://folkartcooperstown.blogspot.nl/2010/10/brilliant-simplicity-of-ellis.html) This oil on panel portrait was painted c. 1832 in Fairfield, Maine, and is attributed to A. Ellis. The rather stiff pose and expression apparently suited the woman. More than a century later, in a letter to Mrs. Little, a granddaughter who had been left in the aging woman’s care as a child recalled her guardian’s strictness, and recounted with great satisfaction how she had locked both her grandparents in an outhouse, where they remained until evening. (http://www.historicnewengland.org/historic-properties/homes/cogswells-grant/collections-on-display)