Painter:

Blackburn, Joseph active 1752-1778  Search this

Subject:

Pitts, James, Mrs. (Elizabeth Bowdoin)  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 58.356

Date:

1757

Notes:

"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 1: Works by artists born by 1816," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1991, no. 13.

"Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965," Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965.

Summary:

Three-quarter-length portrait of Mrs. James Pitts (1716-1771) standing with her right arm outstretched and her left hand at her chest. She wears a cream-colored dress with lace and a shawl which flies off her shoulder.

Topic:

Portrait female--Knee length  Search this

Dress--Accessory--Scarf  Search this

Control number:

IAP 24150072

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_272910