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Mrs. John Kennedy (Sarah Primmer, 1780-1842)

Sarah Miriam Peale

Mrs. John Kennedy (Sarah Primmer, 1780-1842)

1814-1834

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Sarah Miriam Peale

Mrs. John Kennedy (Sarah Primmer, 1780-1842)

1814-1834

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, Unframed: 30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (76.8 x 64.1 cm) Framed: 37 3/4 x 32 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (95.9 x 83.5 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line Bequest of Camilla Boone Gellert, New York
Object Number 1996.10
Donor is the great-great-granddaughter of the sitter.

Inscribed: VERSO FRAME: UR side (ink/black crayon), scratched out '35998'; UR, upside down (black ink/crayon) '36234'; B Stretcher, @L (paper label, handwritten in ink) 'Sarah Primmer, wife of/John Kennedy,--- of/Capt. William Kennedy/Portrait by ----?'

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Sarah Miriam Peale

1799–1884

1800-1885
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