Drawing
- Title:
- Eliza Gunnison Williams
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 1938.001.005
- Creator:
- Crowley, John M. (1798-1842)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1824
- Description:
- Drawing. Portrait of Eliza P. Williams (1800-1824), by John M. Crowley (1798-1842), c. 1824. Pencil on paper. Half-length portrait of seated woman in profile to left. Wearing a dress with "gigot" sleeves, necklace, white fichu with ruffle collar, cap, and pendent earring. Seated in a chair with curved stile and scrolled top visible at right. Sitter's hands small in proportion to body. Unsigned. Ink inscription on backing paper (removed in accession file): " Eliza Gunnison Williams / Born in Buxton, Maine / Oct. 15, 1800". In molded gilded frame with matboard backing, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.9 W-3.5 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a pair, representing Eliza P. Williams (1800-1824) and her mother, Betsey (Rounds) Gunnison. Eliza was the wife of Royal Williams (m. 1823) of Portland, ME. Acquired by donor from the Gunnison family.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Williams, Eliza P.
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