Mrs. Robert Young Hayne (Rebecca Brewton Motte Alston)
Artist
Samuel F.B. Morse
(American, 1791-1872)
Dateca. 1820
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 30 1/2 x 25 1/8 in. (77.5 x 63.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 32 in. (94.6 x 6.4 x 81.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 1/4 x 2 1/2 x 32 in. (94.6 x 6.4 x 81.3 cm)
ClassificationsAmerican art
Credit LineMuseum purchase and gift of Mrs. William Sloane, in memory of Margaret Bell Irvine, and of the Norfolk Society of Arts, by exchange
Object number80.120
Terms
- Woman
- Portrait
- White
- Pink
- Brown
- Red
- South Carolina
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Not on viewLabel TextSamuel F. B. Morse American, 1791–1872 Mrs. Robert Young Hayne (Rebecca Brewton Motte Alston), ca. 1820 Oil on canvas With her patterned pink shawl, lacy gown, and hair in a magnificent mountain of curls, Rebecca Hayne is the pinnacle of antebellum Southern style and wealth. This portrait was painted around the time of this Charleston heiress’s marriage to Robert Hayne, who later became a U.S. senator and the governor of South Carolina. Though local portrait artists were available, the Haynes employed the more prestigious services of a visiting young painter from New York. Samuel Morse later became famous for inventing the telegraph and Morse Code. Museum purchase and gift of Mrs. William Sloane, in memory of Margaret Bell Irvine, and of the Norfolk Society of Arts, by exchange 80.120
19th century
