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Henry Ossawa Tanner, Mother of Henry O. Tanner
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Nicholas Zervas · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Henry Ossawa Tanner

Mother of Henry O. Tanner

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on plywood
Dimensions
33 × 23.5 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-129413

Henry Ossawa Tanner’s mother, Sarah Elizabeth Miller, was one of eleven children born to a slave who sent her children to freedom by the Underground Railroad. Members of the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society divided the children into various families, sending Sarah to Pittsburgh. In this portrait, Tanner captured the wisdom and experience of a woman who had endured much in her life, rising from s…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. Nicholas Zervas

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