Frederick A. Taft With Dog
Date1853
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 51 1/8 × 39 1/8in. (129.9 × 99.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Margaret Scott Rochford
DescriptionPortrait, attributed to Sarah Pope, of Frederick A. Taft as a boy with a large black dog named Major (nameplate on his collar). The full-length painting shows Taft standing with his left knee bent and his foot resting on the dog, his left hand holding the dog's left ear. He holds a whip in his right hand. He is wearing a plaid dress with short sleeves and white cuffs, white pantaloons, white stockings, black shoes, a black belt with a gold buckle, and a white ruffled collar. There is a tree behind him and a landscape view in the distance.
Object number1974.87.1
NotesConstituent note: The signature of the artist was tentatively identified as S. Pope, which may be Sarah Pope, an entry for whom appears in The New-York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America. That Sarah Pope may not be the same artist as the one who painted this portrait.Subject Terms
On View
Not on view
Frederick Stiles Jewett
