National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1980.62.31 (2820)
Date:
1730
Notes:
Chotner, Deborah, "American Naive Paintings," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1992.
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
Bishop, Robert, "Folk Painters of America," New York: E. P. Dutton, 1979.
Exhibition checklist: "Merchants and Planters of Upper Hudson Valley," Albany, N.Y.: Albany Institute of History and Art, 1967.
Summary:
Full-length portrait of Susanna Truax (1726-1805) standing at a table. She holds a spoon with a lump of sugar in her right hand. A teapot, cup of tea, and dish of sugar are on the tabletop. A sky is seen out the window at right. She wears a striped dress and striped shoes and holds a flower in her left hand.
