Painting

Title:

Unknown

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1928.002

Creator:

Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872)Artist

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1848

Description:

Portrait of an unknown woman, by Samuel F. B. Morse (1791-1872), c. 1848. Oil on canvas on masonite. Three-quarter length portrait of a woman. Sitter has brown eyes and brown hair parted in the middle with ringlets at sides. She is wearing a dark brown off-the-shoulder dress, lace around neckline and cuffs, red brooch with pearl drop on bodice, a thin gold necklace that hangs to her waist, and two rings on her left ring finger. Sitter left arm is cross over her body and is resting on an ermine throw to the left. Her right arm is bent; elbow resting on her left hand; her right hand is by her right ear. Red and green upholstered furniture right background. Green and brown graduated background. Unsigned. Typed paper label on masonite reverse: "S.L. No 2004.2 1932 / THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM / OF ART/ SPECIAL LOAN EXHIBITION / OF S.F.B. MORSE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION / Title Portrait of a Lady / Artist S.F.B. Morse / Owner New Hampshire Historical Society / Address Concord, N.H." Paper typed label masonite reverse center: "Samuel F.B. Morse / 'Portrait of a Lady' / Painted in Concord, N.H. / Circa. 1817 / From Robert Jackson Dover, N.H. / Jan. 1928". Gilded gesso over wood frame, exterior beaded trim.

Material:

Textile
Canvas
Masonite

Dimensions:

H-36 W-27.6 inches

Provenance:

Bought by the donor at an auction at the Anderson Galleries in New York in the early 1920s.

Portrait possibly of the artist's (Samuel F. B. Morse) second wife, Sarah Elizabeth Griswold (1822-1901) or his one of his daughters, Susan (b. 1819), or Elizabeth (b. 1821).

Credit Line:

Gift of Robert Jackson

People:

Griswold, Sarah, Morse, Samuel F. B. (1791-1872)

Subjects:

Griswold, Susan Elizabeth, Portrait paintings, Portraits