Portrait of florence sparks (later mrs. Benjamin moore), 1845-1915, daughter of harvard president and historian jared sparks and his second wife mary crowninshield silsbee. "the artist, according to family tradition, was jane stuart. The sitter was portrayed in a fanciful late eighteenth-century dress with a large bustle in the style of the french court, with her hair up in the manner that marie antoinette made fashionable. Seen here in her early twenties, florence sparks is pictured serving tea to an unseen visitor. " -- theodore e. Stebbins in american paintings at harvard: volume 1: paintings, watercolors, and pastels (yale university press, 2008), p. 436. Object Type: painting. Date: 1865. Place of creation: United States of America. Dimensions: height: 53 in (134.6 cm); width: 43 in (109.2 cm). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Harvard Art Museums. Florence Sparks Moore by Jane Stuart
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