Georgianna Frances Adams

Asher B. Durand, born Jefferson Village, NJ 1796-died Maplewood, NJ 1886 · 1835

“Fanny” Adams was the granddaughter of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States. She was five years old when Asher Durand created this portrait. Like so many children of that era, she died young, succumbing to illness only two years later. But Durand’s painting preserves the joyful spirit of a beloved daughter, and puts a human face on the history of the Adams dynasty.