Portrait of Ellen Rozet Drexel (1832-1891)

Name/Title

Portrait of Ellen Rozet Drexel (1832-1891)

Entry/Object ID

718

Category

Painting

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. Radcliffe Cheston, Jr., Philadelphia

Notes

Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Radcliffe Cheston Jr. Means of Accession: gift

Made/Created

Artist

Cecilia Beaux

Date made

1891

Place

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Verso, center of canvas, “ELLEN ROZET DREXEL/WIFE OF ANTHONY DREXEL/DIED NOVEMBER 27TH 1891/COPIED BY EMMA F LEAVITTE/FROM A PORTRAIT BY/CECILIA BEAUX”, handwritten in script Label: Recto, lower frame, center, “ELLEN ROZET DREXEL/1832-1891/AFTER CECELIA

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed

Height

32 in

Width

27 in

Dimension Description

Unframed

Height

23-1/4 in

Width

19 in

Exhibition

If These Walls Could Talk: An Invitation into the Home and Life of Anthony J. Drexel

General Notes

Note

Signed LR -- "Cecilia Beaux" Note: #789, #790, #485 are copies by E.F.L. Randall. Wife of Anthony J. Drexel