Bowler, Metcalf, Mrs. (Anne Fairchild) Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1968.1.1 (2341)
Date:
Ca. 1763
Notes:
Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995.
National Gallery of Art, 1988, 1990.
"American paintings and sculpture: an illustrated catalogue," Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1970.
Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966.
"American Art from American Collections," New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1963.
Summary:
Three-quarter-length portrait of Anne Fairchild Bowler (1730-1803) wearing a blue satin dress trimmed with lace, lace cap, and sapphire necklace and earrings. She holds a garland of flowers. In the background are a column, red curtain, and landscape.
