This painting shows a young woman seated on a wooden chair, seen from the knees up. Her body is slightly turned to the left, but her head is turned towards us. She has short, curly, blonde hair and a round face with a fair complexion. She has a straight nose, thin eyebrows, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression. She is wearing a white gown with a wide neckline, short sleeves, and blue bows on the shoulders, as well as a brown necklace with a circular golden pendant. In her left hand, she holds a small brown book with green edges, and her other hand rests on a brown table next to her, holding a pink rose. On the same table is a paper with several lines of indistinguishable text on it. The background is dark gray.
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This painting shows a young woman seated on a wooden chair, seen from the knees up. Her body is slightly turned to the left, but her head is turned towards us. She has short, curly, blonde hair and a round face with a fair complexion. She has a straight nose, thin eyebrows, and thin pink lips in a neutral expression. She is wearing a white gown with a wide neckline, short sleeves, and blue bows on the shoulders, as well as a brown necklace with a circular golden pendant. In her left hand, she holds a small brown book with green edges, and her other hand rests on a brown table next to her, holding a pink rose. On the same table is a paper with several lines of indistinguishable text on it. The background is dark gray.

National Gallery of Art · Painting

Adelina Morton

Joshua Johnson

Date
c. 1810
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 61.5 x 51.4 cm (24 3/16 x 20 1/4 in.) framed: 77.2 x 66.7 x 7.5 cm (30 3/8 x 26 1/4 x 2 15/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Accession number
1980.61.4
Credit line
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Time span
1801 to 1825
Department
CAB

Subjects and terms

  • painted surface
  • girl
  • portrait
  • American
  • American Naive Paintings
  • Naive
  • Morton, Adelina
Provenance

Given by the sitter's parents to Mrs. Morton's sister, Prudence Caton Thompson; to her daughter, Florence Hammersley, Baltimore; to her cousin, Mrs. Charles Albert Read [née Lucie Buckleam]. (Sale, Adam A. Weschler and Son, Washington, 19-21 May, 1972); to (Henry Coger as agent for) Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

NGA object ID 59884. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.