Sally Wilkinson Godwin
ArtistAttributed to
Felix Thomas Sharples
(American, 1786-1844)
CultureAmerican
Date1809
MediumChalk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.4 x 26.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 12 3/8 x 10 1/2 in. (31.4 x 26.7 cm)
InscribedFrame has a label: "L. Ulter, 88 Royal St."
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number64.34.6
Not on view
DescriptionPastel chalk on paper drawing of Sally Wilkinson Godwin, wife of Jeremiah Godwin, d. 1843. In a simple gilt 1.5" frame.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. Published ReferencesFillmore Norfleet, _Suffolk in Virginia, c. 1795-1840: A Record of Lots, Lives, and Likenesses_ (Norfleet, 1974). Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 50. S. Gail Fuller, _Painted In Crayon: Pastel Portraits from the Collection_, exh. cat., New Jersey History, N.J., 1982, 76, cat. no. 10.
