Sarah Beatty McIlvain

Painting

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Name/Title

Sarah Beatty McIlvain

Entry/Object ID

McIlvain, Sarah Beatty

Description

Frontal of an older woman with white hair and brown eyes. The dominant clothing is a black lace veil worn away from the face and gathered at the neck with a silver broach in the design of a six-petaled flower.

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor, Ivory

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1895

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Sarah Beatty was born in 1816 to James Edward Beatty and Elizabeth Beatty. She married a McKim and had 3 children, but McKim died between 1843 and 1849, when she married Donald McIlvain. She died in 1899.

Create Date

September 6, 2026

Update Date

September 6, 2026