Portraits Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
PA.031 |
Title |
Harriet Turner Burr |
Artist |
Harding, Chester, 1792-1866 |
Date |
n.d. |
Description |
Portrait. Adult seated female in Colonial dress, waist-length view, facing right three-quarter turn, eyes facing front. Her right arm rests on the arm of a red upholstered chair whose wood and upholstered back is visible behind subject at left edge of painting. The subject has brown hair and eyes and is wearing a white lace bonnet tied in a bow under the chin, and a grey, long-sleeved dress with white lace double collar and gold and white brooch. The background is dark brown. |
Object Name |
Painting |
Medium |
Oil Paint |
Material |
Canvas |
Dimensions |
H-90.8 W-71.8 cm |
Credit line |
Gift of Jane Pope Akers |
Provenance |
1981, September - Gift of Jane Pope Akers |
Inscription Type |
Inscription |
Inscription Technique |
Pen and Ink |
Inscription Location |
Back of Frame - Stretcher |
Inscriptions and Marks |
Harriet Turner wife of Martin Burr |
Collection |
Painting |
People |
Akers, Jane Pope, 1917-2011 Harding, Chester, 1792-1866 |
Notes |
Formerly #135. Companion portrait to that of Martin Burr, #136 in Redwood Collection. Attributed to Chester Harding by an authority on his work, Leah Lipton, in 1983 (ACC Harding); Christie's lists unknown artist in 199__. Harriet Turner Burr was the wife of Martin Burr. Martin Burr married Eunice Turner 29 December 1799? [The Burr, Ellery, Turner, Green geneology problem is too complicated to explain here. Please refer to the folder for Chester Harding's painting of Martin Burr] Jemison Faust, 2001. |