Louise Howland King (Mrs. Kenyon Cox)
1892
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 98.3 × 45.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-135108
Kenyon Cox gave this portrait as a wedding gift to his young bride and former student, Louise Howland King. His mother saw it before she met Louise, and later reported that she was relieved and surprised at how pretty her new daughter-in-law was. Cox responded to this backhanded compliment by telling his mother that most people thought the painting well done and very much like Louise. (Morgan, Ke…
Provenance
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox
Registry history
- 1892 — Recorded in the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum
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