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William Henry Smith and Family (Seth, Catherine, Mary Jane, Maria Frances, Sarah, Delia, William Henry & Harriet, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Field, Erastus Salisbury 1805-1900  Search this
Subject:
Smith, William Henry  Search this
Smith, Seth  Search this
Smith, Catherine  Search this
Smith, Mary Jane  Search this
Smith, Maria Frances  Search this
Smith, Sarah  Search this
Smith, Delia  Search this
Smith, Harriet  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection Williamsburg Virginia 23185 Accession number: 71.100.6
Date:
Ca. 1865
Notes:
Black, Mary, "Erastus Salisbury Field: 1805-1900," Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984.
"American Folk Portraits: paintings and drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center," Boston : New York Graphic Society, 1981, no. 71.
Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, V.28, No.4, 1963, no. 177.
"Erastus Salisbury Field," Williamsburg, VA: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, 1963.
"Treasures of American Folk Art from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center," Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1989, fig. 8.
Image on file.
Black, Mary, "Erastus Salisbury Field: 1805-1900," Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, fig. 35.
"American Folk Portraits: paintings and drawings from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center," Boston : New York Graphic Society, 1981, fig. 27.
"Treasures of American Folk Art from the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center," Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1989, fig. 8.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Portrait of the William Henry Smith and his family. The sitters are, left to right, Seth (1847-1928); Catherine (1810-1899); Mary Jane (1833-1890); Maria Frances (1836-1917); Sarah (1844-1912); Delia (1842-1916); William Henry (1809-1899); and Harriet Smith (1849-1928).
Topic:
Portrait group--Family  Search this
Portrait male  Search this
Portrait female  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Architecture interior--Detail--Window  Search this
Primitive  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81320479
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_192573