Painting
- Title:
- Sarah Walker Livermore
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2020.004.13
- Date:
- circa 1810
- Description:
- Miniature portrait of Sarah Walker Livermore (1764-1843). Watercolor on paper. Oval bust-length portrait of a woman in profile to left. Sitter is wearing a white cap, empire-style brown dress, white chemisette with ruffled collar, and oval brooch. Modern frame.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-4.4 W-3.3 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.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- People:
- Livermore, Sarah (1764-1843)
- Subjects:
- Livermore, Sarah Walker
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