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Elder, John Adams,
Figure group -- Family
Architecture interior -- Domestic
State of Being -- Other
Object -- Written Matter
Dress -- Accessory
Recreation -- Sport & Play
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:
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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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
9D640036
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