Description
An oil painting portrait of Annette Henry Alger with a gilt gesso over wood frame with highly-carved acanthus leaf scrolling. The frame is colored gold. The painting has a red drapey background. The painting style is meant to be highly realistic. Annette is wearing a beige low plunging collar that squares off on the chest. The rest of her outfit (likely a gown) is a dark brown. The frame's object ID is 2025.1.1.1
The artist, Lewis Thomas Ives (1833-1894), signed the bottom right corner in paint or ink.
Fay Alger Bailey owned this painting who then handed it down to Annette Alger Bailey Lambrecht and then to Mignon Alger Bell Cameron. From there, Annette Alger Cameron Blum (donor) owned it until its donation to The War Memorial.
Annette Alger Cameron Blum had this painting and its frame restored significantly by conserver E. John Hartmann, Jr. of Hartmann Fine Art Conservation Services, Inc. in 2010. In April of 2025, the valuation determined by Katherine Linzey of Linzey Appraisal Associates, LLC. was said to be $3000.Collection
Alger Family CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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PaintingNomenclature Class
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsDimensions
Height
26 inWidth
21-1/2 inHeight
38 inWidth
33 inName/Title
Oil Portrait of Annette Henry Alger
