Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00009260About the Artwork
Less than two months before the 80-year-old Powell passed away, one of her sons commissioned this portrait in order to commemorate her life and create an heirloom for future generations. According to the sitter’s granddaughter, Powell was “a little woman of sober conviction and strong Presbyterian faith.” The painting passed through a line of female descendants until shortly before it was given to the museum.
Provenance
1980-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio By 1937-1980: Ellery Sedgwick, Jr. [1908-1991], Cleveland, OH, to the Cleveland Museum of Art By 1920-by 1937: Mabel Cabot Sedgwick [1873-1937], by descent to her son, Ellery Sedgwick, Jr. -by 1920: Elizabeth Rogers Mason Cabot [1834-1920], by descent to her daughter, Mabel Cabot Sedgwick By 1915: Anna Powell Rogers? By 1873: Mr. or Mrs. Henry Rogers, possibly by descent to Mrs. Rogers' sister, Elizabeth Cabot By 1783: Anna Powell Perkins, Boston, by descent to her granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Rogers, or to Mr. Henry Rogers
Exhibition history
Year in Review: 1980. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 24-July 19, 1981).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Singleton Copley (American, born The Thirteen Colonies, 1738–1815)
- Date
- 1764
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 143.5 x 119 x 7 cm (56 1/2 x 46 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 126.6 x 100.6 cm (49 13/16 x 39 5/8 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Ellery Sedgwick Jr., in memory of Mabel Cabot Sedgwick
- Accession no.
- 1980.202
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