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Portrait female
Portrait female
Dress -- Accessory
Dress -- Accessory
Painting
Eleanor Dorsey (1761-1864), (painting).
Artist:
Unknown, painter.
Title:
Eleanor Dorsey (1761-1864), (painting).
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Description:
Portrait of Eleanor Dorsey as an elderly woman seated in a chair with her body turned to the left, her gaze directed toward the viewer, and her hands holding a bag in her lap. She wears a shawl and a ruffled bonnet, with her glasses resting across the brim of her bonnet.
Subject:
Portrait female -- Dorsey, Daniel, Mrs. (Eleanor) -- Elderly
Portrait female -- Dorsey, Daniel, Mrs. (Eleanor) -- Waist length
Dress -- Accessory -- Eye wear
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Restricted Owner, Mosier, Oregon
Remarks:
Eleanor was the wife of Capt. Daniel Dorsey, son of Col. Thomas Dorsey of Ann Arundel County, Maryland. Daniel served in the Revolution and was discharged in 1777.
References:
National Society of Colonial Dames, Oregon, 2006.
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 73180079
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
73180079
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