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Sarah McCarty Johnston (Mrs. George Johnston, b. 1729)
Artist: John Hesselius
Date: 1765
Sarah McCarty was the daughter of Dennis McCarty and Sarah Ball McCarty. She married George Johnston, a prominent lawyer and politician in the Alexandria area. Their country home was Belvale, which he built in the 1760s and their town home was in Alexandria.
Dimensions: 30 x 35 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
The subject wears a blue dress trimmed with lace and embellished with a jeweled clasp. She wears a lace necklace and holds up a flower. She is inside a painted oval. The portrait is inscribed: “”AE36 1765″
Location: Alexandria
Decade: 1760s
Credits: Private collection, MESDA Object Database, record S-10303, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, NC.