"Pendar, 115 Years Old"

March 1867

Buell & Seaver

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Buell & Seaver

Artist, American, active 1850s - 1870s

The image shows an elderly woman captured from the waist up, seated in a woven chair. She is positioned facing slightly to the left, with her hands clasped together on her lap. She has a gentle expression, with visible wrinkles and fine features. Her hair is covered by a head scarf or bonnet. Her attire consists of a buttoned dress with a capelet or shawl draped over her shoulders, and she is holding a white handkerchief. The background is plain and neutral, creating an intentional focus on her figure. The image is rendered in a sepia tone.

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Provenance

Ross Kelbaugh, Marriottsville, MD; NGA purchase, 2023.

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Inscriptions

along left edge of mount printed in black ink: BUELL & SEAVER, PITTSFIELD, MASS.; along right edge: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by BUELL / & SEAVER, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Mass.; bottom right: No. 2.---[illegible] Woman Pendar, 115 years old.; on verso, by Ross Kelbaugh, top right in graphite: 10.21.KBR / AF242A; lower center printed in black ink: The above bill of sale refers to a woman whose picture is on the reverse side of this / card, and who is now living in Pittsfield, Mass. The photograph of her was taken / March 6th, 1867, by BUELL & SEAVER, Pittsfield, Mass.