Sarah Carter Stearns

Sarah C. Frothingham, Sarah Carter Stearns, ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Roberta Stearns, 1928.1.3
Sarah C. Frothingham, Sarah Carter Stearns, ca. 1845, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (6.7 x 5.7 cm) rectangle, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Mary Roberta Stearns, 1928.1.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Sarah Carter Stearns
Artist
Date
ca. 1845
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 5⁄8 x 2 1⁄4 in. (6.7 x 5.7 cm) rectangle
Credit Line
Bequest of Mary Roberta Stearns
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Stearns, Sarah Carter — bust
Object Number
1928.1.3
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1928.1.3

Artwork Description

Sarah Carter Stearns was the artist’s aunt, and the mother of famed Boston naturalist Robert Edwards Carter Stearns.

Works by this artist (5 items)

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Ivan Albright, Into the Morning Sleeping, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Gertrude Abercrombie Trust, 1978.146.4
Into the Morning Sleeping
Artist
Not on view
Ivan Albright, Self-Portrait--55 East Division Street, 1948, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1966.64.1
Self-Portrait – 55 East Division Street
Artist
Date1948
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Ivan Albright, Maine Coast, n.d., gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Estate of the Honorable Jack Faxon, 2021.39.1
Maine Coast
Artist
Daten.d.
gouache on paper
Not on view
Ivan Albright, The Farmer's Kitchen, ca. 1934, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the U.S. Department of Labor, 1964.1.74
The Farmer’s Kitchen
Artist
Dateca. 1934
oil on canvas
Not on view

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Artist
Date1937
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Abraham Rattner, Study for the Butcher, 1966, gouache on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Abraham Rattner, 1981.153.29
Study for the Butcher
Artist
Date1966
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