Patience Gifford Johnson (1787–1846)
Patience Gifford Johnson (1787–1846)

Currently not on view

Patience Gifford Johnson (1787–1846),

ca. 1830s

Robert Street, American, 1796–1865
2017-224

Information

Title
Patience Gifford Johnson (1787–1846)
Dates

ca. 1830s

Maker
Robert Street
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
92.5 × 72.2 cm (36 7/16 × 28 7/16 in.) frame: 120.6 × 100.6 × 9.2 cm (47 1/2 × 39 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Ed Metcalf, Class of 1958
Object Number
2017-224
Place Made

North America, United States, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Inscription
Verso: In ink, center: Patience Gifford Johnson | 1787-1846 | Philadelphia | by Robert Street - 1825
Culture
American
Type
oil paintings, paintings
Materials
oil paint, canvas
Techniques
oil painting
Subject
portraits, women, figures (representations)

Portrait and its mate (2017-225) descended in family of donor.

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