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Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith (Mrs. Seba Smith), (painting). Artist:  Paradise, John Wesley, 1809-1862, painter. Title:  Elizabeth Oakes Prince Smith (Mrs. Seba Smith), (painting). Other Titles:  Mrs. Elizabeth Oakes Smith, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1845. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  34 1/8 x 25 5/8 in. (86.6 x 65.1 cm) Inscription:  (Lower left:) Elizabeth. O. Smith/John W. Paradis -f. signed Description:  Three-quarter-length portrait of Elizabeth Oakes Smith (1806-1893) seated with her right arm resting on a table. In her right hand she holds a closed red fan. Her left hand fondles her necklace. Subject:  Portrait female -- Smith, Elizabeth Oakes -- Knee length Occupation -- Writer -- Poet Occupation -- Writer -- Novelist Dress -- Accessory -- Fan Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Object Type:  Painting Owner:  National Gallery of Art, Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1963.10.188 (1852) Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Weston, New York, New York Rosenthal, Albert, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Michaelsen, Cornelius, New York, New York Rains Galleries, New York, New York Sale (May 8., 1935). Gift of Dale, Chester, 1962. References:  Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998. National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970. Illustration:  Torchia, Robert Wilson, "American paintings of the nineteenth century; part 2," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1998, pg. 41. "American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970, pg. 87. 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 08600537   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 08600537 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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