Painter:

Polk, Charles Peale 1767-1822  Search this

Subject:

Shewell, Fellows, Mrs. (Mary Shields)  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

Date:

Ca. 1787-1791

Notes:

Simmons, Linda Crocker, "Charles Peale Polk, 1776-1822: a limner and his likenesses," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1981, no. 3.

Summary:

Half-length seated portrait of Mary Shields Shewell holding a book in her hands.

Topic:

Portrait female--Waist length  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this

Control number:

IAP 89070001

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_371067