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Carleton L. Safford

active before 1949

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The image depicts a woman's upper body. She is seated in a sideways position but facing forward towards the viewer. The woman has dark hair styled in an updo with ringlet curls framing her face. Her facial features include fair complexion with a slight blush on her cheeks and blue eyes. She wears a yellow dress with puffed sleeves, patterned white lace detailing on the bodice, and a high waistline. Around her neck is a black choker with a gold pendant, and she has delicate gold drop earrings. She wears a bracelet on her right wrist and holds an ornate white fan in her right hand. The background is a plain, muted blue, with a reddish-brown drapery with tassels framing the top and sides of the portrait.
The Conant Limner, Sophia Burpee Conant, c. 1813, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1953.5.44

Sophia Burpee Conant

The Conant Limner · c. 1813 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1953.5.44