Portrait of Adelia Ellender
ca. 1803-1805
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 66.7 × 53.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-138255
Adelia Ellender lived in Baltimore, Maryland, where her father was a plasterer. Her dress follows the custom in this period of portraying children as miniature adults. The berries in her hand and the butterfly hovering in a rosebush nearby symbolize not only her childhood innocence but her eventual transformation into a lady.
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
Registry history
- ca. 1803-1805 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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