Elderly Woman Seated in a Doorway, Sewing

Item

Title

Elderly Woman Seated in a Doorway, Sewing

Description

This piece shows an older woman dressed in black sitting in the doorway of what looks like a log cabin sewing. Ivy climbs the walls around her and in the upper right corner two pans hang down.

Creator

Bertha May Ingle

Date

c. 1900: Based on stylistic similarities to other pieces and the apparent age of the most likely subject, Rachel Burton (one of Ingle's Churchville relations).

Format

Oil on canvas mounted on to foamcore

Identifier

0410

Source

BMIAA assets

Type

Portrait/Genre

Original Format

Painting

Physical Dimensions

11.75 x 9 inches