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Anna Dummer Powell
John Singleton Copley1764
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Less than two months before the 80-year-old Powell passed away, one of her sons commissioned this portrait in order to commemorate her life and create an heirloom for future generations. According to the sitter’s granddaughter, Powell was “a little woman of sober conviction and strong Presbyterian faith.” The painting passed through a line of female descendants until shortly before it was given to the museum.
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- Title: Anna Dummer Powell
- Creator: John Singleton Copley (American, 1738–1815)
- Date Created: 1764
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 143.5 x 119 x 7 cm (56 1/2 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 126.6 x 100.6 cm (49 13/16 x 39 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Ellery Sedgwick, Jr. [1908-1991], Cleveland, OH, to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Mabel Cabot Sedgwick [1873-1937], by descent to her son, Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot [1834-1920], by descent to her daughter, Mabel Cabot Sedgwick, Anna Powell Rogers?, Mr. or Mrs. Henry Rogers, possibly by descent to Mrs. Rogers' sister, Elizabeth Cabot, Anna Powell Perkins, Boston, by descent to her granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Rogers, or to Mr. Henry Rogers
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.202
- Medium: oil on canvas
- Fun Fact: The museum also owns Copley’s original bill of sale for this painting and its frame.
- Department: American Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: America, 18th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., in memory of Mabel Cabot Sedgwick
- Collection: American - Painting
- Accession Number: 1980.202
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