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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Birge, Laura,     Portrait group -- Family     Portrait male -- Morse, Charles Hosmer     Portrait male -- Morse, Charles Hosmer     Portrait female -- Genius, Richard, Mrs. (Elizabeth Owens Morse)     Portrait female -- Genius, Richard, Mrs. (Elizabeth Owens Morse)     Landscape     Architecture exterior -- Detail     Object -- Furniture     Painting

Charles Hosmer Morse and Elizabeth Morse Genius, (painting). Artist:  Birge, Laura, 1846-1928, painter. Title:  Charles Hosmer Morse and Elizabeth Morse Genius, (painting). Dates:  Sept. 1878. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  38 x 33 in. or 31 x 27 in. Inscription:  (On back:) Laura C. Birge / September 1878 signed Description:  Portrait of Charles Hosmer Morse, Jr. at age five seated on a bench, and his sister Elizabeth Owens Morse (later Mrs. Richard Genius) at age six standing beside him, on a stone terrace at the top of a staircase. The children wear white ruffled dresses with blue sashes, and a straw hat and red scarf rest at their feet. In the background there are leafy green trees and a view looking out over a valley toward the horizon in the distance. Subject:  Portrait group -- Family -- Siblings Portrait male -- Morse, Charles Hosmer -- Child Portrait male -- Morse, Charles Hosmer -- Full length Portrait female -- Genius, Richard, Mrs. (Elizabeth Owens Morse) -- Child Portrait female -- Genius, Richard, Mrs. (Elizabeth Owens Morse) -- Full length Landscape Architecture exterior -- Detail -- Stairs Object -- Furniture -- Bench Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Restricted Owner, Sharon, Connecticut Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Covington, William S., Mrs., 300 Mellody Road, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 Remarks:  The artist is listed as unknown in both the 1972 and the 1996 Illinois Portrait Index. Charles Hosmer Morse, Jr. and Elizabeth Morse Genius are the children of Charles Hosmer Morse, the founder of Fairbanks Morse and Company. References:  National Society Colonial Dames of America, Illinois,. "Illinois Portrait Index," 1972. National Society of Colonial Dames, Illinois, "Illinois Portrait and Sculpture Index," 1996. National Society of Colonial Dames, Illinois, 2011. 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 81900130   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 81900130 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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