Object ID	N0103.1968
Title	Permilia Forbes Sweet
Artist	Goldsmith, Deborah (attributed to)
Object Name	Painting
Early Date	1832 ca.
Exhibit label line3	Deborah Goldsmith, born in Madison County, New York, had a brief but successful career as an itinerant portrait painter. She traveled to neighboring counties executing likenesses for friends and acquaintances. It is not known if she had any professional training, but her sketch books point to her familiarity with the decorative idioms and pictorial clichés popular among schoolgirls and other amateur artists of the period. Goldsmith died at age 27, and her family preserved her friendship albums, paintings, worktable, and supplies.
Description	Portrait: Permilia Forbes Sweet Marks: No watermark found
Classification	Folk Art--Painting/Drawing--Portrait--Human
Dimensions	H-6 W-5 inches
Material	Watercolor on wove paper
Place of Origin	North Brookfield or Madison, NY

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Last modified on: November 04, 2005