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    		• Elder, John Adams,
     
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    		• Figure group -- Family
     
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    		• Architecture interior -- Domestic
     
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    		• State of Being -- Other
     
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    		• Object -- Written Matter
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Recreation -- Sport & Play
     
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    		• Painting
     
     
    Mother's Watch, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Elder, John Adams, 1833-1895, painter. (attributed to)
    Title: 
    Mother's Watch, (painting).
    Dates: 
    ca. 1865-1860.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas.
    Dimensions: 
    26 1/2 x 21 in.
    Inscription: 
    unsigned
    Description: 
    A portrait of a young mother taking a "nap" in an upholstered Victorian chair while her two small sons are nearby playing with a pocket watch. The background is an interior of a home with a corner etagere.
    Subject: 
    Figure group -- Family -- Mother & Child
    Architecture interior -- Domestic -- House
    State of Being -- Other -- Sleep
    Object -- Written Matter -- Book
    Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry
    Recreation -- Sport & Play
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Charleston Renaissance Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Beale, Nancy, New Carrollton, Maryland
    Beale, Nancy Carroll,
    Carroll, Samuel Sprigg, General, Baltimore, Maryland
    References: 
    Nelson, David, 2006, 2015.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 9D640036
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