Paintings
Portrait of Betsy Brownell Gilbert
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- Date
- ca. 1820
- Accession number
- L2015.41.162
- Maker
- Ammi Phillips(Opens in new tab) (American, 1788–1865)
- Dimensions
- frame: 34 1/2 x 28 1/4 x 3 in. (87.6 x 71.8 x 7.6 cm.) frame opening: 29 × 22 3/4 in. (73.7 × 57.8 cm.)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Description
- Portrait of Betsy Brownell Gilbert; the sitter is wearing a white dress and a black necklace; one arm is leaning on a draped with a red shawl with colorful trim. Included with the portrait is the dress, now dyed black, and the hair comb.
- Credit
- Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
- Department
- American Art
