Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.098 |
Title |
Adeline Burr Ellery |
Artist |
Pratt, Henry Cheeves, 1803-1880 |
Date |
n.d. |
Description |
Adeline Burr (1803-1884) married John Stevens Ellery, a wealthy Boston merchant, in 1838. The couple remained in Boston, until John Stevens Ellery’s death in 1845. One year later, Adeline married Thomas Jefferson Green, a brigadier general during the Texas revolution. Portrait. Adult female subject. Seated in green cushioned wood chair. 3/4ths length view. She is turned 3/4ths to her left, while looking at the viewer. She has brown hair and eyes. She is wearing a white dress, a red embroidered shawl, a black string necklace, and lace bonnet. There is a brown curtain pulled back to reveal three trees in the right background. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-91.8 W-73.7 cm |
Credit line |
Gift of Jane Pope Akers |
Provenance |
1982, August 10 - Gift of Jane Pope Akers |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
Akers, Jane Pope Pratt, Henry Cheeves, 1803-1880 Ellery, Adeline Burr |
Notes |
Formerly #138. Leah Lipton, an authority on Chester Harding, suggests Francis Alexander as the possible artist, not Chester Harding, as originally noted. 1992 (4 July-13 Sept) Newport Art Museum "NewPortraits" |
Related Publications |
ACC Harding |