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Identification and Creation

Object Number
H765
People
Theodora Willard Thayer, American (1868 - 1905)
After John White Alexander, American (Allegheny City, PA 1856 - 1915 New York, NY)
Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (Mrs. Samuel) (1793 - 1867)
Title
Sarah Alden Bradford Ripley (Mrs. Samuel Ripley) (1793-1867), after John White Alexander
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/101713

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
oval: 66 x 50.8 cm (26 x 20 in.)
oval frame: 75.6 x 61.3 cm (29 3/4 x 24 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso: on back: "Radcliffe College 1898.5. Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Ripley when she was thirty years old. Painted by Alexander, copied by (illegible)...granddaughter."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Gift of Mrs. James Bradley Thayer to the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, 1897-98
Object Number
H765
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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