Mrs. Sylvanus D. Lewis (Estelle Anna Blanche Robinson)

1848-1856

Seth Wells Cheney, after Charles Loring Elliott

Associated Names
Seth Wells Cheney

Artist, American, 1810 - 1856

Charles Loring Elliott

Artist After, American, 1812 - 1868

The image is a sketch of a woman depicted from the waist up, seated with her body slightly turned to the left. Her facial features show a calm expression with a slightly upturned gaze, having softly defined eyes and a delicate nose. The woman's hair is styled in loose curls that fall around her shoulders. She is dressed in an off-the-shoulder gown with a patterned trim. The fabric appears to gather around her arms and torso, indicated by the shaded folds. The background of the image is plain.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The Cheney Family; Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 10, no. 68.

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: EDC

Wikidata ID

Q64630891

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