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Samuel Beals Thomas, with His Wife, Sarah Kellogg Thomas, and Their Two Daughters, Abigail and Pauline

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Samuel Beals Thomas, with His Wife, Sarah Kellogg Thomas, and Their Two Daughters, Abigail and Pauline
Photography by Dwight Primiano

Samuel Beals Thomas, with His Wife, Sarah Kellogg Thomas, and Their Two Daughters, Abigail and Pauline

Artist (1806 - 1887)
Date1830
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions40 x 48 in. (101.6 x 121.9 cm)
Framed: 51 x 62 x 3 3/4 in. (129.5 x 157.5 x 9.5 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2010.92
Signedc.r., depicted letter, in black paint : Samuel B. Thomas / Worcester / Mass. 1830
Accession number 2010.92
On View
On view
Provenanceby descent to Isabella Nickerson Thomas Stone, (niece of Samuel B. Thomas, and younger sister of Abigail and Pauline); by descent in the family; to (Robert C. Eldred & Company, East Dennis, MA), August 7, 1987, no. 600; to (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY), 1987-89; to Private Collection; to (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc. New York, NY), purchased by a private foundation for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2005
Label TextEdward Dalton Marchant’s portrait of Samuel Beals Thomas and his family provides a glimpse into the family’s life and social standing. The setting is likely the parlor or sitting room at Thomas’s inn and coffee house in Worcester, Massachusetts. The fine furniture and crystal, as well as the clothing and jewelry worn by the family mark their wealth. Thomas and his wife, Sarah Kellogg, are pictured with their two adopted children, Abigail and Pauline, who were the orphaned daughters of Thomas’s deceased brother.

El retrato de Samuel Beals Thomas y su familia, obra de Edward Dalton Marchant, deja entrever la vida y la posición social de la familia. El escenario del retrato probablemente sea el recibidor o la sala de estar de la posada y café de Thomas en Worcester, Massachusetts. Los muebles elegantes y la cristalería, así como la vestimenta y las joyas de la familia, indican su riqueza. Thomas y su esposa están retratados junto a sus dos hijas adoptadas, Abigail y Pauline, que eran las huérfanas de un hermano de Thomas.