Mrs. Patrick Henry (Dorothea Dandridge)

Asahel Powers (American, 1813–1843)

about 1831

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 85.1 x 60.3 cm (33 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Paintings, 1815–1865

Accession number47.1225

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ClassificationsPaintings

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Americas

InscriptionsUpper center: 1826Provenance1826, the artist. With Charles Woolsey Lyon, New York; 1939, sold by Charles Woolsey Lyon to Elie Nadelman, Riverdale, N.Y.; 1944, sold by Elie Nadelman to Albert Duveen, New York; 1944, sold by Albert Duveen to Maxim Karolik, Newport, R.I.; 1947, gift of Martha C. (Mrs. Maxim) Karolik to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 12, 1947)