Portrait of Adelia Ellender

Joshua Johnson, Portrait of Adelia Ellender, ca. 1803-1805, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins, 1983.95.55
Joshua Johnson, Portrait of Adelia Ellender, ca. 1803-1805, oil on canvas, 26 1⁄4 x 21 1⁄8 in. (66.7 x 53.7 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins, 1983.95.55
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of Adelia Ellender
Artist
Date
ca. 1803-1805
Location
Dimensions
26 1⁄4 x 21 1⁄8 in. (66.7 x 53.7 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Robbins
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — child
  • Portrait female — Ellender, Adelia
Object Number
1983.95.55
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.95.55

Artwork Description

Adelia Ellender lived in Baltimore, Maryland, where her father was a plasterer. Her dress follows the custom in this period of portraying children as miniature adults. The berries in her hand and the butterfly hovering in a rosebush nearby symbolize not only her childhood innocence but her eventual transformation into a lady.

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Suffer the Little Children to Come unto Me
Artist
Date1910
pastel
Not on view
Walter Beck, Fifty Years after the Battle, Fifth New York Volunteer Infantry--First Duryee Zouaves, Known as the "Fighting Fifth", 1912, pastel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1923.5.10
Fifty Years after the Battle, Fifth New York Volunteer…
Artist
Date1912
pastel
Not on view
Walter Beck, Christ before Pilate, n.d., pastel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans, 1913.1.2
Christ before Pilate
Artist
Daten.d.
pastel
Not on view
Walter Beck, The Drummer Boy of the Fighting Fifth, 1913, pastel, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 1923.5.14
The Drummer Boy of the Fighting Fifth
Artist
Date1913
pastel
Not on view

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