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Portrait #279
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| Subject/Title: | Drifoos,
Eliza |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date
Created: | 1850 |
| Owner/Location: | Private
Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 35
x 31 |
| Image Dimensions: | 24
x 21 |
| Materials/Media: | oil
on canvas |
| Date Documented: | 12/4/2003 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | Elaborately
dressed woman in an orange evening gown with lace trim at the low-cut
neckline and gray (or lace?) shawl draped around her shoulders. Her left hand
holds a slender book. She is wearing gold and pearl earrings and her dark hair
hangs in ringlets. An elaborate background scene on the left reveals a lake, mountains, and trees in a sunset glow. |
| History: | Cleaned
by Lily Steele (owner's daughter) under the supervision of Cynthia Stowe at
Cumberland Art Conservation. Steele is employed in 2004 at the Philips Gallery
in Washington, DC. |
| Notes: | Subject
(1820 -1889) was married to Leopold Drifoos, #278.
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