Object ID	N0013.1998
Title	Helen M. Kingman
Artist	Waters, Susan Catherine Moore
Object Name	Painting
Early Date	1845
Exhibit label line3	Susan Waters was a successful itinerant portrait artist, a supporter of women's rights and humane treatment of animals, photographer, and deeply religious Quaker. She is best known for her portraits of inhabitants of the Southern Tier of New York done between the years 1843 and 1845, but she was also a successful still-life and animal painter in her later life. This signed and dated portrait is one of three known paintings by Waters of sitters named Kingman. The third is a full-length portrait of a girl named Mary, three years old. There is no solid documentation, however, about the relationship of the three sitters.
Description	Portrait of a girl in salmon pink dress, seated in a stenciled chair, against a gray wall with potted plant in window at upper right. Marks: Painted in script on reverse of canvas is "Helen M. Kingman/Aged 15 Years, /1845/Painted by/Mrs. Susan C. Waters"
Dimensions	H-30 W-25 inches
Material	Oil on canvas
Place of Origin	Caroline, Tompkins County, NY (probably)

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Last modified on: November 04, 2005