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.
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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.