Scanned from slide. Color corrected by Pat Cagney.

Portrait of Mrs. John Farthing

Artist Martin Archer Shee (Irish, 1769-1850)

Date1800 - 1899

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 91 5/8 x 58 1/4 in. (232.7 x 148 cm)
Overall, Frame: 100 1/2 x 67 in. (255.3 x 170.2 cm)

ClassificationsEuropean art

Credit LineBequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number89.64

Terms

Portrait
Woman
White
Green
Black
Red
Romantic

Collections

European Art before 1945

On View

Not on view

DescriptionThis is a large oil painting on canvas. Mrs. Farthing is in the center dressed in white fabric as she walks down the steps in gold shoes. There is a slight swirling of her dress about her feet. The red hollyhock of the bottom left foreground points the viewers eye upward to her red necklace, red lips and blushed cheeks. The background is a shadowy outdoor scene framing Mrs. Farthing with trees and their draping leaves. Just behind her head on the right is a touch of the classical in the form of an urn.

Label TextMartin Archer Shee Irish (1769-1850) Portrait of Mrs. John Farthing Oil on canvas Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 89.64