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Elizabeth Catherine Jeffries (1813-1881), (painting). Artist:  Eichholtz, Jacob, 1776-1842, painter. Title:  Elizabeth Catherine Jeffries (1813-1881), (painting). Other Titles:  Miss Jeffries, (painting). Dates:  1834. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  29 1/2 x 24 1/4 in. Inscription:  (On back:) (...illegible labels) Description:  Portrait of Elizabeth Catherine Jeffries seated on the end of a red upholstered sofa, her body facing almost forward, her right arm resting on the arm of the sofa, and her head turned slightly to the side. She wears a black off-the-shoulder dress with long puffed sleeves. Her dark hair is swept up in a bun on top of her head, and long ringlets frame her face. Subject:  Portrait female -- Sangston, Lawrence, Mrs. (Elizabeth Catherine Jeffries) -- Waist length Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Restricted Owner, Lutherville, Maryland Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Clarke, Julian Sangston, 1946-1985. Remarks:  Elizabeth Catherine Jeffries, the owner's great great grandmother, was born on April 5, 1813 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1837 she married Lawrence Sangston, and they made their home in Baltimore, Maryland, where they raised five daughters. Her husband became a member of the Maryland legislature during the Civil War and was arrested along with sixteen other elected officials, including the mayor of Baltimore, and was put in prison at Fort McHenry. They were southern sympathizers and were incarcerated to prevent them from voting to secede from the Union. Lawrence Sangston's handwritten "Bastilles of the North" describes the experiences of those months (this document was donated to the Maryland Historical Society). Elizabeth Jeffries Sangston died on Jan. 1, 1881. The painting has descended in the family of the sitter; the current owner inherited the painting from her father, the sitter's great grandson, in 1985. References:  Beal, Rebecca J., "Jacob Eichholtz, 1776-1842; portrait painter of Pennsylvania," Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1969. Owner, 2017. Illustration:  Image on file. 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 81080394   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81080394 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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