Anna Dummer Powell
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 126.6 × 100.6 cm · framed: 143.5 × 119 × 7 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Ellery Sedgwick Jr., in memory of Mabel Cabot Sedgwick
Accession Number
1980.202
Tags
male
About this artwork
Less than two months before the 80-year-old Powell passed away, one of her sons commissioned this portrait in order to commemorate her life and create an heirloom for future generations. According to the sitter’s granddaughter, Powell was “a little woman of sober conviction and strong Presbyterian faith.” The painting passed through a line of female descendants until shortly before it was given to the museum.