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The Alling Children, (painting). Artist:  Eddy, Oliver Tarbell, 1799-1868, painter. Title:  The Alling Children, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1839. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  47 1/8 x 62 7/8 in. (119.7 x 159.7 cm). Description:  Portrait of the first four children of Stephen Ball Alling (1808-1861), a partner in the Newark, New Jersey jewelry firm of Alling, Hall, and Dodd, and his wife Jane H. Weir (1811-1889). From left to right the children are Stephen Ball Alling (1835-1839), Mary Wilder Alling (b. 1836), Cornelia Meigs Alling (b. 1833), and Emma Alling (b. 1831). The portrait was probably painted shortly after the death of Stephen Ball Alling, as he stands in a pool of light, to the left of his sisters who are grouped together. The children are shown in the family parlor with a Brussels-style floor cloth in shades of brown, yellow, red, and pink. Stephen holds a hammer and a nail, and at his feet is a board with a nail in it. Mary in a yellow dress is seated on a late Empire stool, a cat held in her arms. Cornelia stands in the middle wearing a pink satin off-the-shoulder-dress, a white handkerchief held in her right hand. Emma in a fray brocade dress with a red necklace, is seated on the right, a prayer book held in her right hand. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings Portrait male -- Alling, Stephen Ball -- Child Portrait female -- Alling, Mary Wilder -- Child Portrait female -- Alling, Cornelia Meigs -- Child Portrait female -- Alling, Emma -- Child Architecture interior -- Domestic -- House Architecture interior -- Domestic -- Living Room Animal -- Cat Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 66.242.21 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Garbisch, Edgar William & Bernice Chrysler, by 1964-1966. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 432. Illustration:  Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 432. 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 36120964   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120964 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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