Portrait of a Lady
Sarah Goodridge
1830
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
3 13/16 x 2 7/8 in. (9.7 x 7.3 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of J. William Middendorf II, 1968
Accession Number
68.222.25
Tags
PortraitsWomen
About the Artist
Sarah Goodridge · 1788–1853
Sarah Goodridge (1788–1853) was a pioneering American miniaturist whose exquisite portrait miniatures captured the likenesses of prominent figures during the early republic. Born on February 5 in Templeton, Massachusetts, as the sixth of nine children to farmer Ebenezer Goodridge and Beulah Childs, she displayed artistic talent from childhood despite limited resources. Largely self-taught, she ske...