Smithsonian American Art Museum
Portrait of Adelia Ellender
Joshua Johnson, born Baltimore County, MD ca.1763-died Anne Arundel County, MD ca. 1825 · ca. 1803-1805
Adelia Ellender lived in Baltimore, Maryland, where her father was a plasterer. Her dress follows the custom in this period of portraying children as miniature adults. The berries in her hand and the butterfly hovering in a rosebush nearby symbolize not only her childhood innocence but her eventual transformation into a lady.
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