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Painter:
Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb 1816-1868  Search this
Subject:
Seward, Fanny  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Date:
1867
Notes:
American Heritage (Oct. 1959).
Seward House Museum, 2010.
Groseclose, Barbara S., "Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: freedom is the only king," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, no. 233.
Groseclose, Barbara S., "Emanuel Leutze, 1816-1868: freedom is the only king," Washington, D.C.: Published for the National Collection of Fine Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, no. 233.
Image on file.
American Heritage (Oct, 1959).
(Signature lower left) signed
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Summary:
Portrait of a young Fanny Seward holding flowers symbolizing the age of her death at age twenty-one. She is dressed in lavender. Fanny was the daughter of William Henry Seward and his wife Frances Adeline.
Topic:
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
Object--Flower  Search this
Control number:
IAP 81880691
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_219557