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Portrait of Louisa Josephine Richards

Portrait of Louisa Josephine Richards

possibly 1846

Daniel Huntington

Born New York City 1816; died New York City 1906

Oil on canvas
13 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Bequest of Miss Elizabeth H. Richards in Memory of her Brother, Paul Richards
65.63
Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Richards, Jr. (the sitter, 1821-1859; her husband, 1811-1892), Brooklyn and Geneva, New York; by descent in the sitter’s family to her granddaughter, Elizabeth Hunter Richards (died 1965), Seattle, Washington; by bequest to Seattle Art Museum
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition History{possibly New York, National Academy of Design, 1846. Cat. no. 196. [Huntington, Mother and Child, owned by P. Richards]}.

{possibly New York, Paintings by Daniel Huntington, N.A., Exhibiting at the Art Union Buildings, 497 Broadway, January-May, 1850. [Cat. no. 91, Mother and Child, lent by P. Richards, Jr.; "Treated with simple drapery, in the style of a sacred object."]}.


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