DrawingsAmerican19th century

Persis Garland Smith (1807-1891)

1895

Artists

Ralph ColtArtist

Persis Garland SmithSitter

Classification

Drawings

Medium

photograph-based drawing

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Harvard University Portrait Collection

Dimensions

55.9 x 68.6 cm (22 x 27 in.) framed: 96.5 x 83.8 x 7 cm (38 x 33 x 2 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Descent through the family to the sitter's foster son, George Smith; his bequest to Harvard University, 1902.

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