Portrait #164

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Perkins, Eliza Fearn
  • Artist:Cooper, Washington B.
  • Date Created:ca. 1834?
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:46 x 38
  • Image Dimensions:36 x 27.5
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:11/15/2003
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Slightly left profile of a woman in a lace bonnet and collar that extends to her bustline. She is wearing a black dress and her hands are clasped together just under her bustline.
  • History:Was perhaps painted after subject's marriage in 1834. Work would benefit from cleaning and repair of surface cracks, but image is intact and canvas has no visible tears.
  • Notes:Subject married James F. May in 1834. Owner also has a portrait of this individual, but it was not available at the time to be photographed. He is willing to include it at a later date.