Unknown boy (formerly Opie of Sarah Siddons) [graphic].
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Title
Unknown boy (formerly Opie of Sarah Siddons) [graphic].
Created/published
Early nineteenth century.
Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 20 x 16 1/8 in. (50.3 x 41 cm)
Associated name
Wendell, Evert Jansen, 1860-1917, former owner.
Material base
canvas
Note
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Fink 1959, p. 181, with the comment, "There is doubt as to whether or not this is Mrs. Siddons."
Provenance
Provenance: Evert Jansen Wendell Collection.
Source of acquisition
Evert Jansen Wendell sale, American Art Galleries, affiliated with American Art Association, Madison Square South, New York, and Madison Ave., 56th to 57th streets, 21 October 1919, lot 4871, $60, as a portrait of Sarah Siddons attributed to Opie.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Board, "Eighteenth- and Nineteenth Century English Painting," 1976-1977, no. 16, as by Opie of Mrs. Siddons.
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 136
Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPb35
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs828