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Georgianna Frances Adams
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
“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.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGeorgianna Frances Adams. 1835. Asher B. Durand, born Jefferson Village, NJ 1796-died Maplewood, NJ 1886. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement. CC0.
