Painter:

Sidway, G.  Search this

Subject:

Boyd, Alexander, Mrs  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

Ca. 1861

Notes:

Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 48.

Summary:

Portrait of Mrs. Alexander Boyd seated with her body turned to the left, her gaze directed toward the viewer, her right hand resting in her lap, and her left hand holding up a flower. She wears a dark dress with a white lace collar, and on her head she wears a lace bonnet.

Topic:

Portrait female--Waist length  Search this

Dress--Accessory--Hat  Search this

Object--Flower  Search this

Control number:

IAP 78020087

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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