{"product_id":"19th-century-portrait-of-mrs-james-ludlow-former-de-young-museum-collection","title":"19th-Century Portrait of Mrs. James Ludlow — Former de Young Museum Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eA compelling mid-19th-century American portrait of Mrs. James Ludlow, formerly in the collection of the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePainted \u003cb\u003ecirca 1835–1845, \u003c\/b\u003ethe sitter appears in a deep blue dress with an open neckline, gold jewelry, and softly arranged ringlets characteristic of the period. Her direct gaze and restrained expression give the portrait a particularly personal quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe museum label preserved on the reverse identifies the sitter as Mrs. James Ludlow.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eResearch suggests that she may be Josephine Dunlop Ludlow, whose daughter later married Salmon P. Chase,Abraham Lincoln’s future Secretary of the Treasury. The painting entered the de Young Museum collection in the 1930s and was deaccessioned in 1978.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOil on canvas, presented in a gilt frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOverall dimensions: 33.5× 28.5in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stone and Story Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46625104724154,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0754\/7879\/4426\/files\/IMG_1688_bc1b6b49-326c-4f53-a16f-ce40e2c71404.jpg?v=1789155850","url":"https:\/\/stoneandstoryshop.com\/products\/19th-century-portrait-of-mrs-james-ludlow-former-de-young-museum-collection","provider":"Stone and Story Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}