Painting

Title:

Susan Walker Bartlett Farwell

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1970.003.02

Creator:

Pratt, Henry Cheever (1803-1880)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

1844-1846

Description:

Portrait of Susan Walker (Bartlett) Farwell (1822-1902), attributed to Henry Cheever Pratt (1803-1880), 1844-1846. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Three-quarter length portrait of a woman, facing right; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has brown hair parted in middle with curls to shoulders, and grey eyes. Wearing a white dress with wide neck, lace at neckline and sleeves, and decorative pleating on bodice. Sitter's right arm and hand resting on lap. Left elbow resting on red pillow with face resting on hand. Ring on fore-finger and third finger of right hand, bracelet on right and left arms. Right hand holding pink rosebud. Red velvet upholstered sofa with pillow with gold tassel on end. Blue garment laid over back of sofa at left. Tree at left background, pillar with flowering vine at right. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over molded wood frame with foliate interior molding.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-36 W-29.25 inches

Provenance:

Upon the death of Susan Walker Bartlett Farwell in 1902, the four portraits of the Farwell family members descended to her niece, Louise Marston Farwell, b. Boston 1/15/1861, m. 4/28/1890 to Dr. Myles Standish. Upon her death, they descended to her second child, Lora Standish Weston (1892-1969).

Susan Walker Bartlett, daughter of Levi and Clarissa (Walker) Bartlett, born Aug. 4, 1822, died May 8, 1902, Cohasset, MA Mother, Clarissa Walker, daughter of Judge Timothy Walker of Concord. Married Abel Goodrich Farwell, Boston, Dec. 12, 1844. The Farwells' two children died in infancy.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Heirs of Lora Standish Weston

People:

Pratt, Henry Cheever (1803-1880), Farwell, Susan Walker Bartlett (1822-1902)

Subjects:

Farwell, Susan Walker Bartlett, Portraits, Portrait paintings