New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2007.

Julia Barton Myers

Artist Unknown

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CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1870

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsOverall: 27 x 22 in. (68.6 x 55.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 32 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (82.6 x 69.9 cm)

InscribedUnsigned

Credit LineGift of Mary Graham Myers Andrews in memory of her aunt, Katherine Barton Myers

Object number2002.25.3

Not on view

DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas portrait, in the shape of an oval. The subject is Julia Grammar Barton Myers. She is depicted in a torso view, in right profile; her body, facing to her left and slightly away. The subject is dressed in a black dress, with a ruffled black cravat, a gold pin at her neck. Her brown hair is parted down the middle and gathered in a bun at the back. Her sharp features wear a somber expression. The plain background is a variegated brown, with an amber area surrounding the subject's profile.

ProvenanceJulia Grammar Barton Myers, 1823-1883; to her son, Barton Myers, 1853-1927; to his son, Barton Myers, Jr., 1894-1960; to his daughter, Mary Graham Myers Andrews, 1960-2002; Gift of Mary Graham Myers Andrews to the Chrysler Museum, 2002.