Henrietta Latham Dwight

Henrietta Latham Dwight (October 21, 1840 – February 6, 1909) was an American artist, animal welfare advocate and vegetarian.

Henrietta Latham Dwight
Born	October 21, 1840 Philadelphia
Died	February 6, 1909 Paris
Occupation	Artist

Biography

Dwight was born in Philadelphia as Henrietta Marshall.^[1] Her parents were Charles Manchester Marshall of England and Henrietta Cole of Kentucky.^[2]

In 1860 she married James Hoge Latham, they had three children. In 1876 her husband died and she married Colonel James F. Dwight in 1880. She moved into a fifty-room mansion, Thrulow Lodge, in Menlo Park.^[2] She was known for her watercolor landscapes. Dwight studied with Christian Jorgensen and her artwork focused on Californian coastal life.^[2][3]

Dwight authored an early vegetarian cookbook, The Golden Age Cook-Book, in 1898.^[4] The cookbook was lacto-ovo vegetarian and utilized "mock meat" recipes, such as mock chicken croquettes and mock fish soup.^[5] Her mock chicken recipe was made from breadcrums, eggs, lemon juice and walnuts.^[6] Dwight stated that meat eating was "not necessary to the perfect health of man".^[6]

Death

She died in Paris and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, California. In 1918, in memory of Dwight and her first husband, their children Edith and Milton Latham formed the Latham Foundation with the aim of promoting humane education and respect for all living creatures.^[7]

Selected publications

• The Golden Age Cook-Book (1898)

References

1. "Henrietta Latham". askart.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
2. "Henrietta Marshall Latham Dwight (1840-1909)". sullivangoss.com. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
3. Shprintzen, Adam D. (2013). The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921. University of North Carolina Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-1469608921
4. Cronin, J. Keri. (2018). Art for Animals: Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914. Pennsylvania State University Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0271080093
5. "The Golden Age Cook-Book". The American Kitchen Magazine. 12: 180. 1900.
6. Shprintzen, Adam D. (2013). The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921. University of North Carolina Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1469608921
7. "About the Latham Foundation". latham.org. Retrieved 30 March 2022.