Oil portrait of a female member of the Baldwin family, 1850

Name/Title

Oil portrait of a female member of the Baldwin family, 1850

Entry/Object ID

2012.21.2

Description

ACC. NO. 12.21.2 SUBJECT CATEGORY: ART, PAINTING OBJECT: PAINTING, FRAMED, PORTRAIT DATE OR PERIOD: 1850 DESCRIPTION: AN OIL PAINTING ON ACADEMY BOARD, IN ITS ORIGINAL OVAL-SHAPED WALNUT FRAME, WITH GOLD LEAF LINER. PAINTING APPEARS TO BE UNSIGNED, BUT OF AMERICAN ORIGIN. SIZE: L 28-1/2" X W 24" HISTORY OF OBJECT: AN IDENTIFIED FEMALE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF DR SHERMAN C BALDWIN (PHYSICIAN), 1125 MORTON ST, ALAMEDA. THE BALDWIN HOME WAS BUILT IN 1889. DONOR: MR. GEORGE GUNN CURATOR, ALAMEDA MUSEUM CATALOGED: MARCH 10, 2012