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Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.1.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Sarah Matilda Brainerd
Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.1.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

Sarah Matilda Brainerd

SubjectPortrait of Sarah Matilda Brainerd American, 1844 - 1865
MakerMade by George Frederick Wright American, 1828 - 1881
MediumPainting; oil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 35 1/2 × 28 1/2in. (90.2 × 72.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Alice Welles
DescriptionHead and shoulders portrait of a young woman facing right, almost in profile. She has dark brown/black hair, parted down the center, gathered tightly back at the sides, and bound very loosely at the nap of the neck or worn down and over the left shoulder (not shown). She has deep set dark eyes and dark eyebrows. She wears a blueish-white tulle drape around her bare shoulders. The canvas is in a rectangular gilt frame with a turtule shell pattern, with an oval opening for the portrait.
Object number1933.1.3
On View
Not on view
Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.3, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Katharine Louise Brainerd
about 1864
Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.5, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
Mary Jane Goodwin Brainerd
about 1840-1845
Gift of Alice Welles, 1933.21.2, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright
George Frederick Wright
about 1864
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about 1924
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Sarah Congdon Munger
about 1887
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Sarah Ann Kinne
1849, with later alteration
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Albert G. Walker
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Gift of Martha Dewing, 2015.173.192, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known Copyright
Sarah Spencer Morgan