Painting

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2004.024

Creator:

Ingalls, Walter (1805-1874)

Place of Origin:

Methuen, MA

Date:

1872-1873

Description:

Framed portrait of a child, probably Susan Helen Morse (born 1872) of Methuen, MA, by Walter Ingalls (1805-1874), c. 1872. Oil on canvas. Seated child in white dress with lace trim, wearing blue shoe on left foot and holding other shoe in right hand. Unsigned. Gilded gesso over wood frame, foliate designs on spandrels, volute carved corners, and carved shell on all four sides.

Material:

Textile
Canvas

Dimensions:

H-22 W-19.25 inches

Provenance:

Susan Helen Morse was born in 1872 in Methuen, MA, first child of Helen Josephine Kimball and John Morse. She was a grandniece of Mrs. Walter Ingalls.

The portrait was owned by Mary Susan Morse (1933-1978) of Cambridge, MA, granddaughter of Helen Kimball Morse. After 1978, it was owned by Mary's sister, Cynthia T. Morse, who sold it to Mildred B. Shaw for $2500 in 2001.

Credit Line:

Gift of Mildred B. Shaw

People:

Morse, Susan Helen, Kimball, Helen Josephine, Morse, John, Morse, Mary Susan, Morse, Cynthia T.

Subjects:

Morse, Susan Helen, Childhood youth, Children, Children's clothing dress, Portraits, Portrait paintings