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Portrait of Ellyne Goodale
New England, dated 1837.
Inscribed on stretcher: “Ellyne Goodale, aged 11 years. Painted by … J. Goodale 1837, daughter of…Goodale” .
Oil on canvas.
36”x 27 ½, 40 ½” x 31” with frame.
Provenance: Collection of Peter Tillou.
Lined, minor in-painting (lower right), otherwise in fine condition.
This full-length portrait shows Ellyne wearing a blue puffy-sleeve dress while holding a bouquet of flowers and a basket standing beside red drapery. For a nearly identical example by the same hand, Where Liberty Dwells: 19th Century Art by the American People, Works of Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, plate 48.