Eleanor Theresa Kelly MacShane (1808-1874)

Name/Title

Eleanor Theresa Kelly MacShane (1808-1874)

Entry/Object ID

GHS 2189.1

Description

Portrait of a woman with dark brown hair pulled back with curls over the ears. Seated, wearing green gown, off the shoulders, with full long sleeves, high waist, hands crossed. Boat neck with gold and ruby pin. Gold wedding ring. Ruby drop earrings. Draperies in background.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Made/Created

Artist

Darely, Jane Cooper Sully

Date made

1830 - 1840

Place

* Untyped Place

USA

Notes

Author: Darely, Jane Cooper Sully

Dimensions

Height

41-3/8 in

Width

35-1/4 in

Depth

30-1/8 in

Provenance

Notes

See GHS True Accession Book- "Two portraits, painted by Thomas Sully's daughter, Jane Cooper Sully Darley, wife of Felix O. ? Darley, and artist of note....portraits are of Eleanor Theresa Kelly MacShane 1808-1874. Hugh MacShane, Aunt and Uncle of Hoff and Maria Knight. Donor is sister in law of Miss Maria Knight." Hugh MacShane- GHS 2189.2 (1884.129) Donated 3/24/1964, by Mrs. B. Hoff Knight, 442 W. Schoolhouse Lane