Janet Halleck Drake

Henry Inman American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

Janet Halleck Drake was the daughter of the New York poet Joseph Rodman Drake and named for her father’s friend, the poet Fitz-Greene Halleck. She was about seven years old when she sat for Inman, who placed her in a fanciful woodland setting. Miss Drake’s top hat is somewhat emblematic of the artist, who was known for wearing one about town. Inman exhibited the portrait in New York in 1825 and a reviewer found it “beautiful.”

Janet Halleck Drake, Henry Inman (American, Utica, New York 1801–1846 New York), Oil on canvas, American

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