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Eleanor Arell (Mrs. Richard Arell)
Artist: John Hesselius
Date: ca. 1771
Eleanor Arell’s husband, Richard Arell, was a tavernkeeper in Alexandria.
Dimensions: 46 1/4 x 35 3/4 in. (117.48 x 90.81 cm.)
The woman in the portrait sits with a fichu over her shoulders tied with a bow. She wears a four strand beaded necklace and a cap. Her right elbow rests on a table while her left hand holds a closed fan. She is turned slightly to her right. The canvas is an irregular size.
Family: Arell
Location: Alexandria
Decade: 1770s
Credits: Private collection, MESDA Object Database, record S-6274, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, NC.