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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2022.438
People
Francis Alexander, American (Killingly, CT 1800 - 1880 Florence, Italy)
Title
Mrs. (Asa) Samuel Hammond (Sarah Dawes Hammond)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1825
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/191827

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 x 63.8 cm (30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper right of frame, graphite: R1423e
  • inscription: verso, upper right of stretcher: R1423e
  • inscription: verso, upper left of frame, graphite: 879 [encircled]
  • inscription: veros, upper left of stretcher, graphite: 879 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, upper left of stretcher, graphite: #3241
  • inscription: verso, upper left of frame, graphite: #3241
  • label: verso, upper left of frame, typed: Property of / Anstiss Hammond Drake / Alexander / Sarah Dawes Hammond
  • label: verso, lower left of frame, typed: SARAH DAWES / born 1768 died 1859 / married 1794 / (Asa) Samuel Hammond / Portrait by Alexander / probably 1825 / belonged to family of / Nathaniel Pope Russell / given by Edith, Lady Playfair / to / Samuel Hammond / about 1920
  • inscription: verso, bottom of canvas, stamped in black ink: [illegible number series]
  • label: verso, hanging tag, graphite: Property of / Mr. [?] Smauel Hammond / 193 Beacon St / Boston

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. (Asa) Samuel Hammond, by descent; to Mrs. Nathaniel P. Russell (Hannah Dawes Hammond), their daughter, gift; to Edith, Lady Playfair (nee Russell), gift (?); to Samuel Hammond, c. 1920, by descent; to Mrs. Samuel Hammond, 1934, by descent; to Mason Hammond, her son, Cambridge, by descent; to Mrs. Anstiss Hammond Krueck, his daughter, Chicago, 1973 gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2022

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Anstiss Hammond Krueck in loving memory of Florence and Mason Hammond
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
2022.438
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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