1956.63: Elizabeth Greenleaf Parsons (1758-1829)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1956.63

People

Sarah Goodridge, American (Templeton, MA 1788 - 1853 Boston, MA)
Previously attributed to Edward Greene Malbone, American (Newport, RI 1777-1807 Savannah, GA)

Title

Elizabeth Greenleaf Parsons (1758-1829)

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

1820

Places

Creation Place: North America, United States

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228537

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor on ivory

Dimensions

7.6 x 6.3 cm (3 x 2 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on verso: S.G. 1820

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wayne Byerly; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1956.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wayne Byerly

Accession Year

1956

Object Number

1956.63

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 225-26, cat. 175, ill.

Exhibition History

• GenEd US12 American Encounters: Art, Contact, and Conflict, 1560-1860 (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012
• 32Q: 2100 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/10/2015 - 11/16/2016

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