Object number1991.37
Elizabeth Borden Collins and Daughter Phebe
Date1831
Artist
Rembrandt Peale
(American, 1778-1860)
CultureAmerican
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 36 3/4 x 32 x 1 1/2 in. (93.35 x 81.28 x 3.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Kent I. Groff (Fredrika Simpson, class of 1960)
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryAmerican Stories 1800 - 1950, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, January 29 - April 17, 2016DescriptionA woman, Elizabeth Borden Collins, in a black dress with a white lace fichu and collar holds her infant daughter Phebe, who wears a white dress with a blue ribbon at the waist. An untied blue ribbon around the woman's neck matches that of her daughter's. They are both shown from the waist up and are set against a plain dark background.
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Gregory Conniff
2005
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