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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1934.144
People
Attributed to John Carlin, American (Philadelphia, PA 1813-1891 New York, NY)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title
Ellen Mary Brainerd Peck (nee Duffield) (c. 1843-?)
Other Titles
Former Title: Mrs. Robert Gordon Pike (nee Ellen Brainerd, 1823-1891)
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1850
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231205

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
4.6 x 3.6 cm (1 13/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, engraved: "Ellen Mary Brainerd Peck"

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Elizabeth E. and K.G. Pike, half-sisters of the sitter; their gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Misses Elizabeth E. and K. G. Pike in memory of their father, Judge Robert Gordon Pike of Middletown, Connecticut, Class of 1843
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
1934.144
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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), p. 112, cat. 65, ill.

Verification Level

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