Portrait #1522

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Joy, Susan Frances McAlister
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1910
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:24 x 20 1/2
  • Image Dimensions:16 1/2 x 13 1/4
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  • Materials/Media:Pastel
  • Date Documented:1 July 2008
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Bust-length sketch of older woman facing three-quarter right and looking in that direction. Her greying hair is pulled to the top of her head in a chignon and appears to be parted on her left. She wears no jevelry and has a grey v-necked dress with a pink collar or pink-banded collar.
  • History:The portrait of his grandmother was inherited by the current owner's husband (now deceased) from his parents.
  • Notes:Susan Frances McAlister Joy was born August 9, 1862 and died April 13, 1931.