Painting
- Title:
- Susannah Sargent Ayer
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1933.001.33
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Portrait of Susannah Sargent Ayer (1761-1837), unknown artist, c. 1900. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman, facing slightly right; eyes toward viewer. She is wearing a white cap with double ruffle, black bow on top and tied under chin, black dress with full sleeves, and white double ruffle collar. Red-upholstered chair with brass upholstery tacks at left. Red and brown background. Unsigned. Tape label with ink inscription top right corner of stretcher: " Loaned By / M.H. Jewell / May 19, 1933". Pencil inscription top right frame reverse: " BRADLEY". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-30 W-25 inches
- Provenance:
- Susannah Sargent Ayer (1761-1837) was the sister-in-law of the donor's great grandmother, Hannah Ayer Bradley (1751-1817).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Ayer, Susannah Sargent, Portrait paintings, Portrait prints
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