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Portrait of Sally Smith, wife of the first settler of McGraw.
Woman with high comb and lace collar
Portrait of Sally Smith, wife of the first settler of McGraw.
Ruth Henshaw Bascom (American, 1772–1848)
Medium/Technique
Graphite pencil and pastel, silhouetted upon light blue paper: the dress cut separate
Dimensions
Sheet: 50.5 x 37.8 cm (19 7/8 x 14 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number51.2507
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1095 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portraits. Bust, profile to left. Cut out and attached to prepared lavender paper, now faded to light blue. Said to be a portrait of Sally Smith, wife of first settler of McGraw (NY?). From Ipswich, MA
Provenance1951, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 8, 1951)