Painting
- Title:
- Ellen Hobbs Rollins
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1973.037.02
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Portrait of Ellen Hobbs Rollins (1831-1881), unknown artist, c.1880. Oil on canvas. Bust-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly left. Sitter has brown hair with center part , pulled up in a bun, and blue eyes. She is wearing a black dress, high collar with frill underneath, oval cameo brooch, and brown comb in hair. Green background. Unsigned. Gilded and bronzed frame, convex center with leaves and berries, ribbons crossed in center and fabric-like designs on corners, glazed.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Agnes G. Sanborn
- People:
- Rollins, Ellen H. (1831-1881), Sanborn, Agnes G. (1887-1984), Sanborn, Ashton R. (1882-1970)
- Subjects:
- Rollins, Ellen Hobbs, Authors, Portrait paintings, Portraits, Memory
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