One of the Adams Children
ca. 1820
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement
Accession Number
1950.6.9
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About this artwork
A little girl sits in an imaginary wooded setting with mountains off in the distance. The artist painted red flowers to match the red bows on her dress and in her hair. The flower from which she picks the petals that fall to the ground may have symbolized the childâs death, but it is unclear if this was created as a memorial portrait. (Fink, âChildren as Innocence from Cole to Cassatt,â Nineteenth Century, Winter 1977)
About the Artist
Unidentified ( ) · –