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| Mr. Osgood 1830–35 Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA | Unrated | Anonymous | ||
![]() | Betsy Goodridge ca. 1840 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() It is unclear what relation this lady is to Sarah Goodridge, but she may have been an aunt, or an older sister-in-law. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Beulah Appleton ca. 1840 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() This is a portrait of Sarah Goodridge’s niece, the daughter of Sarah’s sister Beulah and her husband, Thomas Appleton. Sarah also painted another miniature of one of the Appleton children, Sarah, with her cat, Sanko. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Chief Justice Theophilus Parsons ca. 1820 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() A leading lawyer in New England, Theophilus Parsons (1750-1813) wrote the Essex Report, which outlined many of the principles for a republican form of government. He helped to draft the Massachusetts state constitution, and also worked to have the federal Constitution ratified. Parsons served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Edward Appleton (1) ca. 1835 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Edward Appleton was Sarah Goodridge’s nephew, the son of Sarah’s sister, Beulah Goodridge, and Thomas Appleton, who were married in Boston in 1812. In 1851, Sarah bought a house in Reading that she shared with her sister’s family. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Emily Appleton ca. 1844 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() This miniature of Emily Appleton (1821-1844) in inscribed on the back of the locket with her name and death date, and includes a lock of the young woman’s hair. These clues suggest that this is a memorial miniature. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Gilbert Stuart (1) 1825-1827 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() Sarah Goodridge painted this miniature at the request of Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828), who believed no one else could capture the essence of his personality. He declared it the "only true likeness" of him, and valued this work so much that he presented it to his mother, adorned with a bracelet woven from his own, and his wife's, hair. According to... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Mrs. John Watson (Matilda) ca. 1825 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Portrait Of A Gentleman (1) 1821 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() The inscription on this miniature states it was made November 20, 1821, and was in the “Collection of Edward A. Brown, Reading, Mass., descendant of the artist.” It is probably a portrait of a member of the Appleton-Brown family, to whom Sarah Goodridge was related by marriage. | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Self-portrait ca. 1825 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() This work was painted at about the time Sarah Goodridge was painting Gilbert Stuart’s portrait, when the artist was in her mid-thirties. | Unrated | Anonymous |
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