Portrait #550

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Alexander, Sarah Gilbert
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:ca. 1890
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:33 x 25
  • Image Dimensions:30 x 21.5
Show all
  • Materials/Media:oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:11/29/2004
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Waist-length of a woman in a white high-collared dress trimmed in light blue. Her light auburn curls are piled on her head. Hands gathered in her lap, but not visible.
  • Notes:Subject was born 1/26/1826 and died 11/1/1897. She was married to Alexander Robert Lawton who was Minister to Austria. Source: The Alexander Letter from 1787-1900, 2002 ed.