IDA WAUGH (1849-1919) BABY PORTRAIT

Ida Waught (Pennsylvania,1849-1919) Oil on Canvas Portrait of a Baby Girl. Signed lower right. The back identifies the portrait as that of Anne Catherine Adams, 9 months old. Measures 18"x21 1/2"x1". Weight 2 pds. Born in Philadelphia, Waugh studied at home with her father Samuel B. Waugh (1814-1885) as well as at the Pennsylvania Academy, and at the Academie Julian in Paris. Her work was often on religious-allegorical themes or portraits. Her illustrated children's books were produced with her lifelong companion Amy Blanchard who owned a neighboring summer cottage in Maine. Waugh's half-brother was the well-known marine painter Frederick Judd Waugh. She exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exhibition. PROVENANCE: A Private Charleston SC Estate.