Painting

Title:

Sarah Coffin Burleigh

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1926.005.02

Creator:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)Artist

Place of Origin:

Tilton, NH

Date:

1834

Description:

Portrait of Sarah Coffin Burleigh (1816-1881), by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), 1834. Oil on canvas. Bust-length portrait of a woman; facing viewer. Sitter has blue eyes, brown hair pulled up in an elaborate hairstyle with a wide black comb and a brown bow, single short curl on the side. She is wearing a black band on forehead with a central gold star, opaque white and red beaded necklace, green dress with wide lace neckline and full gigot sleeves, and a brown cross pin with a drop on bodice neckline. Brown chair left; brown background. Pencil inscription top rail of frame on the reverse: "Burleigh R-462-A". Paper label bottom stretcher: " 26.5 Sarah Burleigh, Dau. Daniel Burleigh, by Walter Ingalls. / Painted when she was 18. / (donor: Mrs. W.H. Whitelaw)" Gilded gesso over molded wood frame.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-26 W-22 inches

Provenance:

The donor, Mary Sanborn Whitelaw, was the granddaughter of Sarah Coffin Burleigh and the great-granddaughter of Daniel Burleigh.

Sarah Coffin Burleigh (1816-1881) was the daughter of Daniel Burleigh (1777-1855), a farmer in Sanbornton, NH. The portrait is said to have been painted in 1834 when Sarah was 18. Two years later, on August 18, 1836, she married Hiram Sanborn, a farmer in Franklin Falls. It is possible that this portrait could also have been painted as a marriage portrait in 1836.

See 1926.005.01, portrait of Daniel Burleigh by Ingalls.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mary S. Whitelaw

People:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874), Burleigh, Sarah Coffin (1816-1881)

Subjects:

Burleigh, Sarah, Clothing & dress, Hair styles, Hairpieces, Hairstyles, Jewelry, Portrait paintings, Portraits