Painter:

Jouett, Matthew Harris 1787/88-1827  Search this

Subject:

Merrill, Ayres Phillips, Sr., Mrs. (Jane Sarah Moore)  Search this

Medium:

Oil on canvas

Type:

Paintings

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. 185.

Summary:

Portrait of Mrs. Ayres Phillips Merrill, Sr. with her body turned to the left and her gaze directed toward the viewer. She wears a dark off-the-shoulder dress with a pulled sleeves and a belt, and a light-colored shawl is loose draped over her right shoulder. Her dark hair is parted in the middle with ringlets framing her face.

Topic:

Portrait female--Bust  Search this

Control number:

IAP 78020361

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_388800