Painter:

Wilmarth, Lemuel Everett 1835-1918  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

1884

Notes:

Owner, 1976.

"America the Beautiful: 19th and 20th Century Paintings from the Walter and Lucille Rubin Collection," Boca Raton, FL: Boca Raton Museum of Art, 2003, pg. 96.

Summary:

Interior scene depicting a young sailor about to embrace his elderly grandmother seated in the middle of the room, a floral blanket draped across her lap, a ruffled bonnet on her head, and a shawl wrapped around her shoulders. The grandmother is flanked by her two daughters, and a young granddaughter stands at the door greeting a visitor wearing a top hat.

Topic:

Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this

Figure group--Family  Search this

Figure female--Elderly  Search this

Occupation--Military--Sailor  Search this

Control number:

IAP 92520055

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

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