Three-quarter length group portrait shows Elizabeth Hopper Nicholson, Jr (Mrs. Joseph Nicholson Jr) and granddaughter Elizabeth Nicholson Noel. The older woman wears a high bonnet with lace and blue ribbon, a brown dress with a black collar, and a white fichu. Seated in a Chippendale chair, she holds an apple in her right hand, as…

Elizabeth Nicholson and Granddaughter

Description

Three-quarter length group portrait shows Elizabeth Hopper Nicholson, Jr (Mrs. Joseph Nicholson Jr) and granddaughter Elizabeth Nicholson Noel. The older woman wears a high bonnet with lace and blue ribbon, a brown dress with a black collar, and a white fichu. Seated in a Chippendale chair, she holds an apple in her right hand, as does the child. The blonde-haired child wears a white dress as she sits in her grandmother's lap.

Creator

Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860

Date

1798

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

xx.1.5

Resource ID

8007

Credit Line

The Wyatt Collection, Gift of J. B. Noel Wyatt

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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