Painting

Title:

Sarah Walker Livermore

Object Name:

Painting

Object ID:

2016.023

Place of Origin:

Concord, NH

Date:

circa 1810

Description:

Miniature portrait of Sarah Walker Livermore (1764-1843) of Concord, NH, c. 1810. Watercolor on paper. Bust-length profile portrait, oval in vertical rectangle. Sitter has brown eyes; wearing a white cap, empire-style brown dress, white chemisette with ruffled collar, and oval brooch. Dark gray background. In pine frame with decorative pressed brass face, glazed. Pencil inscription on back of paper, "Mrs. Sarah Livermore / daughter of / Hon. Timothy Walker and / Esther Burbeen. / Concord N.H. / Born Jan. 21, 1764. / Married Maj. Daniel Livermore / in 1785-6. / Died in Cambridge Ms. Oct 17, 1843." Wooden backboard with pencil inscription on inside, "Mrs. Sarah Livermore / Died 1844 aet. 76 / Daughter of Timothy Walker / Concord, / N.H." Ink inscription on outside of backboard, " 'Aunt Livermore' / Mrs. Sarah Walker Livermore / B. 1761 M. 1785 D. 1843 / Concord / N.H."

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-4.3 W-3.7 inches

Provenance:

Sarah (Walker) Livermore (1764-1843) was the eldest child of Judge Timothy and Sarah (Burbeen) Walker of Concord, NH. She married Daniel Livermore (1749-1793) in 1785. After the death of her husband, Sarah Livermore managed her properties and divided her time between living with family members in Concord, NH, Boston, and Cambridge, MA. She won a prize for domestic woven carpeting presented at the Massachusetts Agricultural Society Fair on October 17, 1820.

This portrait was listed as owned by William P. Dudley, Exeter, NH in 1957 publication. It purchased at the Concord, NH, Book Fair, June 5, 2016. Sarah Walker Livermore was the great-great-great aunt of Anna Dudley Egan (1942-2014) of Sewickley, PA, from whose estate the portrait was purchased.

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase

People:

Livermore, Sarah (1764-1843)

Subjects:

Miniatures (Paintings)