Fanny Smith Cowles
PainterAttributed to
Erastus Salisbury Field
American, 1805 - 1900
Dateabout 1835
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 34 × 24in. (86.4 × 61cm)
Frame (height x width): 38 1/2 × 28 1/2in. (97.8 × 72.4cm)
Frame (height x width): 38 1/2 × 28 1/2in. (97.8 × 72.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the estate of Anna Nye Abbe Yeager
DescriptionPortrait of Fanny Smith Cowles, attributed to Erastus Salisbury Field. She is depicted in middle age, with dark hair visible under a ruffled bonnet. She is wearing a black dress with sleeves that are voluminous below the shoulder to the elbow, but fit tightly to the wrists. The bonnet has a large black bow on top, and is tied beneath her chin with a second black bow. She is sitting on a wooden armchair, holding a book with a red binding and a pair of spectacles.
Object number1999.2.0
MarkingsBlue paper label affixed to back of frame: "Wiley's / ART STORE / 86 Church ST. / HARTFORD, CONN."Typed white paper label glued to back of frame: "PORTRAIT / --- (late 1700s) / (early 1800s) / Fanny (Smith) Cowles - wife of, / wife of Rev. Pitkin Cowles / Anna Nye (Abbe) Yeager"InscribedStamped in red ink on stretcher: "24 ANCO INC. / GLENDALE, N.Y."
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