Drawing
- Title:
- Sarah Sanders Chaddock
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1973.040.01
- Creator:
- Alexander, Francis (1800-1880)
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- Portrait of Sarah S. Tanner (1798-1864), by Francis Alexander (1800-1880), Boston, MA; 1852. Pastel crayon on paper. Oval half-length portrait of a woman. Sitter has blue eyes, gray and black curls, and a white cap tied under her chin. She is wearing a black dress with lace collar, and square gold brooch. Sunset sky in background: left brown, yellow, and blue; right yellow, white, and blue. Signed in pencil above sitter's right shoulder: "F. Alexander / 1852". Gilded gesso over oval wood frame with foliate interior molding.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-27 W-22 inches
- Provenance:
- Sarah Sanders (Chaddock) Tanner (1798-1864) was born in England and lived in Boston, MA. She was the great-great-grandmother of the donor, Florence G. (Ward) Orr (1910-2011).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Dudley W. Orr
- People:
- Tanner, Sarah S. (1798-1864), Alexander, Francis (1800-1880), Orr, Florence G. (1910-2011), Orr, Dudley W. (1907-2002)
- Subjects:
- Chaddock, Sarah, Portraits, Portrait drawings
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