Engraving
- Title:
- Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis, / (Sally Foster)
- Object Name:
- Engraving
- Object ID:
- 2010.501.0783
- Creator:
- Malbone, Edward Greene (1777-1807); D. Appleton Company
- Place of Origin:
- New York City, NY
- Date:
- 1856
- Description:
- Engraving. Portrait of Sally Foster Otis (1770-1838). From Rufus W. Griswold, The Republican Court, or, American Society in the Days of Washington, 1856, opposite p. 183. Steel engraving printed on paper. Three quarters length portrait of a young woman standing with dark hair pinned up, an Empire gown with sweetheart neckline outlined in a white ruffle, elbow-length sleeves with white lace-edged ruffle, narrow shawl in her left hand, pearl necklace, facing left with her right arm resting on a pedestal. "MRS. HARRISON GRAY OTIS." in large printed centered below portrait and "(SALLY FOSTER)" on smaller print just below. "From an original picture by J. G. Malbone in possession of / Mrs. Andrew Ritchie, Newport, R. I." is printed in script; followed at the bottom by; "New York, D. Appleton Co. 346 348 Broadway."
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-10.8 W-7.4 inches
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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