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Elizabeth Fenimore Cooper, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Freeman, George 1789-1868 (attributed to)  Search this
Subject:
Cooper, William, Mrs. (Elizabeth Fenimore)  Search this
Stewart, Joseph  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on wove paper
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New York State Historical Association Lake Road, Route 80 Cooperstown New York 13326 Accession Number: N-145.77
Date:
1816
Notes:
New York State Historical Association, 1974, 1988.
D'Ambrosio, Paul S. and Charlotte M. Evans, "Folk art's many faces: portraits in the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown, N.Y.: The Association, 1987, no. 45.
Lord, Clifford L., "The museum and art gallery of the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown, N.Y.: The Association, 1942.
"American Art from Alumni Collections," New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1968.
Summary:
Full-length portrait of Elizabeth Fenimore Cooper seated in the main hall of her home. Standing in a doorway in the background is one of the Cooper's black servants named Joseph Stewart (d. 1823).
Topic:
Portrait female--Full length  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--Otsego Hall  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Occupation--Service--Servant  Search this
Portrait male--Full length  Search this
Primitive  Search this
Control number:
IAP 34070123
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_281841