Half-length portrait shows Eleanor Smith Gittings (Mrs. John S. Gittings) as young woman with dark hair parted center in ringlets, wearing red velvet off-shoulder dress and black ermine-trimmed wrap. She holds proper left hand to shoulder. A column stands in background to he proper left in front of a pink and blue cloudy sky.

Mrs. John Gittings

Description

Half-length portrait shows Eleanor Smith Gittings (Mrs. John S. Gittings) as young woman with dark hair parted center in ringlets, wearing red velvet off-shoulder dress and black ermine-trimmed wrap. She holds proper left hand to shoulder. A column stands in background to he proper left in front of a pink and blue cloudy sky.

Creator

Peale, Sarah Miriam, 1800-1885

Date

circa 1830

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

29 H x 25 W inches

Object ID

BCLM-MA.8735

Resource ID

9304

Credit Line

Baltimore City Life Collection, Bequest of Charlotte Gittings Cross

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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