Oil on canvas, framed; with companion velvet heart and note inscribed, "For dear Brooks for 'the House Beautiful'/ Thomas Sully gave me this heart when he painted my portrait to keep away all disease. He tied it around my neck and I wore it a long time. With love your Aunt. Elizabeth .....Parker/ Dec. 25 1933/ Me Carter", mounted in frame.

23 3/4 in. x 19 1/2 in. (portrait, sight), 7 1/2 in. x 6 3/4 in. (note, sight)

Provenance

The Rosenbach Galleries, 1320 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Property from a Private New Jersey Collection.

Note

This portrait is listed in Edward Biddle and Mantle Fielding, The Life and Works of Thomas Sully (1783-1872) (Philadelphia: Wickersham Press, 1921), no. 1339, pg. 242, and is described as, "Parker, Miss Lizzie/ Of Media, Pa, Portrait begun Oct. 6th, 1866, finished Nov. 3rd, 1866. Head."