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Erastus Salisbury Field, Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Erastus Salisbury Field

Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl

ca. 1825-1850

Current Collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
89.5 × 66 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-134809

Erastus Salisbury Field painted this portrait while working as a traveling portrait painter, fulfilling commissions around the Connecticut River valley. Portrait of a Woman with a Shawl is typical of Field’s plain-style portraits, with simplified forms and few shadows. Such portraits contrast with his later dreamscapes and historical and biblical scenes, which are often rich in fantastic and humo…

Provenance

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

Registry history

  • ca. 1825-1850 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum

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