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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of a lady seated in a Windsor chair
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Known for many years only as the "Beardsley Limner," Sarah Perkins was identified by scholars in 1984 as the person who was this artist, and fourteen unknown artist portraits, primarily of her own family, were assigned to her. They are distinguished by strong modeling and contrast with the flat appearance of the work of most artists of her time who had little advantage of training.
Perkins was born in and lived in Plainfield, Connecticut, where her father was a physician and teacher. Her (showing 500 of 1488 characters). |
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