Mrs. John Dent (Sarah Marshall Dent)
Artist
John Hesselius
(American, 1728 - 1778)
Dateca. 1770
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 30 1/8 x 25 1/8 inches (76.52 x 63.82 cm)
Framed: 38 x 32 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (96.52 x 83.5 x 8.26 cm)
Framed: 38 x 32 7/8 x 3 1/4 inches (96.52 x 83.5 x 8.26 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Maurine F. Jones
Object numberF61-80
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DescriptionHalf-length portrait of a woman, facing one-quarter right, wearing lace-trimmed bonnet with black bow at chin; necklace; black satin dress with lace-trimmed, shoulder-width collar, black bow at bosom; full, lace cuffs; and black cloak lined with ermine about shoulders; left hand on right.Published ReferencesWinifred Shields, “Ancestor Portrait Show Leads to Bizarre Family
Reunion,” Kansas City Star, 3 April 1953, 20; “Check List of Acquisitions, 1962,” Bulletin (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and
Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 4 (October 1962), 16; Richard
Keith Doud, “John Hesselius: His Life and Work,” Master’s thesis,
University of Delaware, 1963, 93 (as Mrs. John Dent [Sarah Marshall]); NAMA 1973, 252 (as Portrait of Sarah Marshall Dent);
NAMA 1977, 12 (as Sarah Marshall Dent); NAMA 1991, 14–15.
Reunion,” Kansas City Star, 3 April 1953, 20; “Check List of Acquisitions, 1962,” Bulletin (William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and
Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts) 4 (October 1962), 16; Richard
Keith Doud, “John Hesselius: His Life and Work,” Master’s thesis,
University of Delaware, 1963, 93 (as Mrs. John Dent [Sarah Marshall]); NAMA 1973, 252 (as Portrait of Sarah Marshall Dent);
NAMA 1977, 12 (as Sarah Marshall Dent); NAMA 1991, 14–15.
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