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Portrait of a Lady in the Griswold Family
1800–15
Medium/Technique
Pastel on pink prepared paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 39.4 x 29.2 cm (15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number55.688
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1077, fig. 221 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- portraits. One of a pair with 55.689. Said to be a member of the Griswold family, Madison, Conn. Bust, profile to right. Thin dress with short sleeves; large hoop earring set with pearls; smooth hair held by comb, locks on forehead. Probably by a French artist (circle of Saint-Memin, etc.).
Provenance1955, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1955)