Portrait of Sarah Brinker Ziegler

Object number2007.98.2

Date1835-1849

MediumOil on canvas; Wood; Paint

Credit LineGift of Richard W. Mechling

DescriptionFramed oil painting. Rectangular bust portrait of a women in her early twenties with blue eyes and brown hair with black ribbons. She us wearing a black dress, which follows the shape of her shoulders. She appears to be sitting on a red chair. Shades of brown in background. Set in gold-painted wooden frame.Dimensions29 x 1.375 x 33.375 in. (73.7 x 3.5 x 84.8 cm)
MarksBack has black and gold circular sticker label in upper center, "W / Wunderly / Galleries / PITTSBURGH, PA."
Historical NotesThis portrait of Sarah Brinker Ziegler was most likely painted between the time of her marriage to Jacob Ziegler in Butler, Pennsylvania, in 1835, and Jacob's gold rush journey in 1849. Jacob Ziegler was a prominent publisher and politician in the mid to late 1800s in Butler, Pa. Sarah Brinker (d. 1881) was the daughter of a captain and pioneer tavern keeper, also in Butler. The couple married on June 30, 1835 and had seven children: three sons and four daughters. They were also members of the St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church in Butler.

Previous owner Ziegler Family

Related person Jacob Ziegler (1813 - 1888)

Related person Sarah Brinker Ziegler (died 1881)

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