Painting
- Title:
- Sarah Howe Bacon Williams (Mrs.)
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1916.005.02
- Creator:
- Clark, Alvan (1804-1887)
Artist - Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Miniature portrait of Sarah Howe Bacon Williams (1802-1857), attributed to Alvan Clark (1804-1887), c. 1840. Watercolor on ivory. Bust-length oval portrait of a woman, facing slightly left. Sitter has black center-parted hair, and dark eyes. She is wearing a white fichu and black dress. Gray background. Unsigned. In gilded metal case with decorative bezel and window with lock of hair reverse, convex glazing
- Material:
- Skeletal
Ivory
Metal
Glass
Hair - Dimensions:
- H-2.25 W-1.75 inches
- Provenance:
- The donor, Mary H. Williams (1837-1916), was wife of Jared W. and Sarah Williams' son, Jared I. Williams (1832-1914).
Sarah Howe Bacon was born June 18, 1802, Woodstock, CT, daughter of Alvan and Bethiah Clapp Bacon. Married Governor Jared Warner Williams (1796-1864), August 16, 1824. They had two children. Died March 23, 1857. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary H. Williams
- People:
- Williams, Sarah Howe Bacon (1802-1857), Clark, Alvan (1804-1887), Williams, Jared I. (1832-1914), Williams, Mary H. (1837-1916)
- Subjects:
- Williams, Sarah Howe Bacon, Portrait miniatures
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