Painting
- Title:
- Elizabeth Smith Richardson French
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2010.031.04
- Creator:
- Cole, Moses (1783-1849)
- Date:
- 1831
- Description:
- Portrait of Elizabeth Smith Richardson French (1805-1861), by Moses Cole (1783-1849). Oil on canvas, mounted on fiberglass-reinforced plastic. Bust-length portrait of woman with curly dark brown hair, wearing black dress. Signed on reverse of canvas in black paint, "Moses Cole Painter. / March 5th 1831 / Mrs. B.B. French".
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- H-19.25 W-21 inches
- Provenance:
- Elizabeth Smith Richardson was the daughter of William Merchant Richardson (1774-1838) and first wife of Benjamin Brown French (1800-1870).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Peter S. French
- Subjects:
- French, Elizabeth Smith Richardson
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