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Item
Portrait
CIS Survey ID
CIS-2014-2035
Object Type
Paintings
Date Created
1845 - 1850
Place of Manufacture
Probably Alabama
Maker
William J. Halsey
Size
30" x 25.5"
Material
Oil on canvas
Marks/Inscription/Labels
"Wm [m. is underlined] J. Halsey pinx [sic] June[sic] 1847" is written in black wax pencil on the upper proper left corner of the front of the canvas.
Accessories/Hardware
Frame is possibly original and has been refinished.
Condition
Overall poor condition. The frame and stretcher are probably original however they have been stretched using clothes pins in the four mitered corners of the stretcher. The canvas in the upper, proper right corner is slack and buckling. Moderate cupping overall. Extreme amounts of cracking due to age that have been filled with dirt and grime. On the surface level, long slash runs down the proper left side of the woman's face.
Media Type
image/jp2
Description
Half-length portrait of a dark-haired woman in a white dress. She gazes directly out at the viewer and has dark eyes and hair parted down the center, with cascading ringlets to her shoulders. She wears a gown that is across the shoulders with open cap sleeves with lace trim. The neckline of the dress is cinched at the top and at the waist. A translucent pink shawl drapes from her proper right elbow around her back around to her front where it rests under her proper right arm. Around her neck she wears a gold chain, with bale and gold watch. On her proper right hand she wears four gold rings and a gold bracelet with a red jewel setting. She wears long dangling earrings, only the earring to her proper right is visible. She rests her proper left elbow on a table draped with a blue cloth on which sits an open book, turned to reveal its spin and cove. The portrait appears to be in within its original stretcher. The sides of mitered corners of the stretcher are jibbed with modern clothes-pins to prevent the canvas from sagging. On the upper left hand side of the canvas, there is an inscription in black wax pencil. The frame is beveled in towards the stretcher. Two eye hooks with hanging wire. The frame appears to be pine, with cherry stretchers.
Physical Location
Gulf Coast (U.S.)
Provenance
Descended in a family in Fairfield, Alabama and was purchased by the current owners.
Ownership
Private Collection
Date Surveyed
2014-07-15
Source
Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection
Repository
The Historic New Orleans Collection (http://www.hnoc.org)
Disclaimer
The information contained in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database was collected in the year referenced under Date Captured". The Classical Institute of the South will update object records with new information to the best of its ability but does not guarantee that data contained within the records is current.
Digital Collection
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database
Contact Information
Contact the Historic New Orleans Collection for more information about use and reproduction. louisquery@hnoc.org
Credit
Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database, Classical Institute of the South at The Historic New Orleans Collection.
Rights
Physical rights are retained by The Historic New Orleans Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with US copyright laws. The information and images in the Gulf South Decorative and Fine Arts Database may be used for non-commercial and educational purposes, but they must be accompanied by the “Credit” statement above.
Type of Resource
still image
Type of Resource
three dimensional object
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