Portrait
- Title:
- Sarah Parker
- Object Name:
- Portrait
- Creator:
- John S. Blunt
- Date:
- 1827
- Material:
- Oil on bed ticking
- Description:
- 28 1/8 x 32 1/8� (overall), Oil on bed ticking. Portrait of three-masted vessel under sail in the mid ground, having black hull with �S. P� visible at bow, a flag with white stars arranged in a circle on a black ground flying from the foremast, a red, white, and blue pennant from the main mast, a white flag from the mizzen mast, and an American flat with 13 stars arranged in a circle from the ensign halyards. A white colored lighthouse is in the background on the left; another ship under sail in the distance on the right. In the foreground is a greenish sea, the sky is pink and blue-gray with some white. The painting is in a period frame, painted black with a gold liner.
- Provenance:
- Goodwin family by descent to donor.
- Place of Origin:
- Probably Portsmouth, NH
- Item Number:
- 1974.3
- Accession Number:
- 1974.3
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Strawbery Banke Museum
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Eleanor R. Snelling.
- Participating Organization:
- Strawbery Banke Museum
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