Painter:

Earl, Ralph  Search this

Subject:

Boardman, Elijah, Mrs  Search this

Boardman, William Whiting  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens 1151 Oxford Road San Marino California 91108 Accession Number: 83.8.15

Date:

Ca. 1798

Notes:

Walther, Susan Danly, "The Virginia Steele Scott Gallery at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California," Antiques 130 (Aug. 1986): pg. 270-279.

"The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986.

Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, collection printout 2008.

Antiques, (Oct. 1974).

Summary:

Mrs. Boardman sits in a chair at right. She holds her son at her proper right side. Next to the subjects is a table covered with a cloth. A hat is on the table. Behind the subjects, heavy drapery hangs on the right, and a landscape view, probably of New Milford, Connecticut, appears on the left.

Topic:

Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this

Portrait female--Full length  Search this

Portrait male--Child  Search this

Landscape--Connecticut--New Milford  Search this

Control number:

IAP 80041404

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_174979