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Mrs. John Watson (Matilda)
Sarah Goodridge (born Templeton, MA 1788-died Boston, MA 1853)
ca. 1825
- Medium
- watercolor on ivory
- Classification
- Paintings
- Dimensions
- sight 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 in. (8.1 x 6.3 cm) oval
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
Mrs. John Watson’s frilled gown and extravagant jewelry capture the romantic revival that took place during the 1820s.
