Celeste

Celeste
Celeste

Celeste

Date1911
Artist (American painter, 1877–1950)
Illustration Citation"The Girl in the Santee," by Gouverneur Morris, in The Saturday Evening Post, May 6, 1911
MediumOil on illustration board
Dimensions21 x 16 3/4 in. (53.3 x 42.5 cm)
frame: 31 3/8 × 25 3/8 in. (79.7 × 64.5 cm)
Credit LineGayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 1983
Object number1983-29
On View
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ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThis profile of young girl set against a South Carolina palm tree represents a woman rescued from a stricken French vessel that was caught in the crossfire of a Civil War battle on the Santee River. The story's narrator falls in love with her as he anticipates life after the War.
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