Sarah Blake Sturgis

Francis Alexander1835

Details

Title: Sarah Blake Sturgis
Creator: Francis Alexander
Date Created: 1835
Physical Dimensions: overall: 61.3 x 46 cm (24 1/8 x 18 1/8 in.) framed: 77.2 x 64.5 x 7.3 cm (30 3/8 x 25 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Provenance: Samuel Parkman Sturgis [1803-1877], brother of the sitter, Canton, China; his brother, James Sturgis [1822-1888], Boston; his son, Charles Wilkins Sturgis [1849-1913], Boston. (Rose M. de Forest [Mrs. Augustus F. de Forest], New York); purchased 10 October 1921 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848 1931], New York;[1] his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection on 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA. [1] According to 1928 Clarke exhibition catalogue annotated with information from files of M. Knoedler & Co., NY (copy in NGA curatorial records and in NGA library).
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on canvas

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