Susanna Anderson Rose (1862): Art, History and Details

Susanna Anderson Rose (1862) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Frederick Sandys (British, 1829–1904).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This keenly perceptive portrait of Susanna Anderson Rose (1795–1870) was painted when the sitter was 67 years old. The fine network of lines on her face are meticulously observed as are her silver gray curls and pale blue eyes. Frederick Sandys’s ability to render detail is evident in the subject’s bonnet, elaborately trimmed with lace and azure ribbon, and the texture of her brown fur cloak.

Object facts

• Title: Susanna Anderson Rose
• Date: 1862
• Creator attribution: Frederick Sandys (British, 1829–1904)
• Culture: England, 19th century
• Type: Painting
• Technique: oil on wood
• Dimensions: Framed: 54 x 47 x 4.5 cm (21 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.); Unframed: 34.7 x 28 cm (13 11/16 x 11 in.)
• Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
• Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1979.81

A detail from the museum

The Pre-Raphaelite movement revised elements of old art forms and this painting has all the qualities of a carefully executed Renaissance painting; decorative fabric, a window, and a coat of arms. Gallery 204, our Colonial American gallery, also has a portrait that includes these elements.

Collection credit

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• "The Royal Academy." The Art-Journal 2 (June 1, 1863): 105-116.
• "Royal Academy 101st Exhibition." The Art-Journal 8 (July 1, 1869): 197-204.
• Gray, J. M. "Frederick Sandys." The Art-Journal 8 (1884): 73-78.

View the collection record

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