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Mrs. William Bisland (1805-1873), (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Lambdin, James Reid 1807-1889  Search this
Subject:
Bisland, William, Mrs. (Mary Louisa Lavinia Witherspoon)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on wood
Type:
Paintings
Date:
Ca. 1869
Notes:
Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 41.
Summary:
Portrait of an elderly Mrs. William Bisland with her body facing forward and her gaze directed down to the right. She wears a dark dress and a white ruffled bonnet.
Topic:
Portrait female--Bust  Search this
Portrait female--Elderly  Search this
Control number:
IAP 78020074
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_388320