Painting

Title:

Clara W. Farwell

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

1970.003.03

Creator:

Pratt, Henry Cheever (1803-1880)Artist

Place of Origin:

Boston, MA

Date:

circa 1848

Description:

Portrait of Clara Walker Farwell (1846-1847), attributed to Henry Cheever Pratt (1803-1880), c. 1848. Oil on canvas on aluminum. Oval composition on vertical rectangular canvas; yellow painted spandrels. Half-length portrait of a little girl, facing forward. Sitter has short brown hair parted in middle and grey eyes. Wearing a white wide, off-the-shoulder dress with lace and embroidery; red clips at shoulders. Two arms folded across waist, hands holding two pink rosebuds. Red fabric in lower background; blue sky above with dark clouds. Unsigned. Black marker inscription on liner reverse, lower right: "GIRL WITH ROSE". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame; gilded liner with foliate scrolls at corners and oval window.

Material:

Textile

Dimensions:

H-20.9 W-17 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).

Clara Walker Farwell (1846-1847) was the daughter of Abel and Susan Farwell.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Heirs of Lora Standish Weston

People:

Pratt, Henry Cheever (1803-1880), Farwell, Clara Walker (1846-1848)

Subjects:

Farwell, Clara Walker, Children, Children's clothing & dress, Death, Death portraits, Memorials, Memory, Roses