Mariah Chandler McPherson
Artist
George Caleb Bingham
(American, 1811 - 1879)
Dateca. 1855-1860
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 27 1/4 × 22 1/8 inches (69.22 × 56.2 cm)
Framed: 36 × 31 inches (91.44 × 78.74 cm)
Framed: 36 × 31 inches (91.44 × 78.74 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Elizabeth Gordon Gibson Trefz in honor of Henry Thomas Gibson and Lucretia Freed-West
Object number2002.14
SignedNone.
InscribedNone.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionHalf-length, three-quarter right profile portrait of dark-haired woman looking directly at the viewer. Subject is wearing hair up, with middle part and curls, wearing faceted jet drop-earrings, a pearl necklace and black V-necked dress with white lace around the neckline. Lower left corner with indication of upholstered chair, the whole on graduated and mottled brown ground.Published ReferencesNone.
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George Caleb Bingham
1874
53-56
