Catherine Roberts
Artist
Unknown
CultureAmerican
DateJune 1826
MediumWatercolor and graphite drawing on wove paper
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/8 x 5 in. (16.2 x 12.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 8 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (22.2 x 18.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 8 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. (22.2 x 18.7 cm)
InscribedOn reverse: "Catherine Roberts / Drawn June 1826 / Age 40 yrs. & 2 months."
Credit LineGift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch
Object number75.10.7
Not on view
DescriptionPortrait of a woman seated in a chair outdoors. She holds a fan and a flowers. She wears a blue necklace.Label TextBenjamin Roberts and Catherine Roberts, 1826 American Watercolor and graphite drawings on wove paper Gifts of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch 75.10.8 and 75.10.7 ProvenancePurchased by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch from Garth's Auction Barn, Delaware, OH, on October 25, 1968 (sale item #566); gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch to Chrysler Museum of Art, May 3, 1975.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Drawn from the Vault: Collecting American Works on Paper at the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - July 27, 2014.Published ReferencesCarol C. Sanderson and Christopher P. Monkhouse, _Americana from the Daphne Farago Collection_ (Providence, RI: Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 1985) p. 74.
