Who is this lady?

[STS Lincolnite]

(01-18-2017 09:07 AM)Susan Higginbotham Wrote:  Alas, I believe it is a portrait of Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady Book, although someone on Find-A-Grave has misidentified it.

As Susan stated, this is an image of Sarah Josepha (Buell) Hale. The image is from a painting (c.1830-1840) by James Reid Lambdin. I first came across the image when it was reported on a couple of different websites to be that of Sarah Lincoln Grisgsby (Abraham Lincoln's sister). A little investigation proved this to be untrue. I still am not sure how this confusion occurred and how Sarah Lincoln Grigsby came to be associated with the image. Maybe someone else can help answer that question.