Portrait of Hiram Powers’ Daughter

Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, Portrait of Hiram Powers' Daughter, n.d., oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler, 1992.66.5
Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, Portrait of Hiram Powers' Daughter, n.d., oil on canvas, 24 1⁄4 x 20 in. (61.5 x 50.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Martha F. Butler, 1992.66.5
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Artwork Details

Title
Portrait of Hiram Powers’ Daughter
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Dimensions
24 1⁄4 x 20 in. (61.5 x 50.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Martha F. Butler
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Powers, Hiram, Daughter of
  • Figure female — child — waist length
Object Number
1992.66.5
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1992.66.5

Artwork Description

This girl is thought to be Louisa Greenough Powers, the sculptor Hiram Powers’s oldest daughter. In this portrait, she is about ten or eleven years old and wears a white robe and holds a cross, symbolizing her purity and innocence. Miner Kilbourne Kellogg painted her face to reflect the quality of marble, as if to pay homage to Hiram Powers’s rank as the leading American sculptor of his day. Kellogg may have painted this portrait as a token of thanks to Powers for securing him a studio in Florence.

Works by this artist (4 items)

Ted Kuykendall, Untitled (Doll on horizontal board, standing man, hands holding board across standing man's face), gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald B. Anderson, 1984.68.2
Untitled (Doll on horizontal board, standing man, hands…
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gelatin silver print
Not on view
Ted Kuykendall, Untitled (Doll and Leaf Fronds on Horizontal Board), 1984, selenium toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald B. Anderson, 1984.68.4, © 1983-1984, Ted Kuykendall
Untitled (Doll and Leaf Fronds on Horizontal Board)
Artist
Date1984
selenium toned gelatin silver print
Not on view
Ted Kuykendall, Untitled, 1984, selenium toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald B. Anderson, 1984.68.3, © 1983-1984, Ted Kuykendall
Untitled
Artist
Date1984
selenium toned gelatin silver print
Not on view
Ted Kuykendall, Untitled, 1984, selenium toned gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Donald B. Anderson, 1984.68.1, © 1983-1984, Ted Kuykendall
Untitled
Artist
Date1984
selenium toned gelatin silver print
Not on view

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