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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Group Portrait of Elliott, James, and Anna Roosevelt
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Group Portrait of Elliott, James, and Anna Roosevelt

Artifact IDMO 1972.9
Object Type Painting
Maker (American, 1870 - 1930)
Date1914
Mediumwatercolor on ivory
Dimensionsframe H 5 1/4 in x W 5 5/8 in x D 2 in (13.3 cm x 14.3 cm x 5.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionA miniature color portrait of Elliott, James, and Anna Roosevelt. The boys are wearing light blue and white sailor outfits and Anna is dressed in a white lace dress. The artist's signature runs vertically along the right side: C.P. Newell 1914. The painting is glazed and framed in an easel-type brass frame with a hanging loop at the top.
Historical NoteThis group portrait of Elliott, James, and Anna Roosevelt was painted from life in 1914 by Claude P. Newell. FDR’s mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, commissioned the painting (along with portraits of their parents, FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt) to mark Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s tenth wedding anniversary. The portrait is on display in the FAMILY LIFE exhibit in the Museum’s FOUNDATIONS OF A PUBLIC LIFE gallery.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Anna Roosevelt Halsted
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPortraits (National Archives Identifier 778816)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestricted
CopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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