Name/Title
Maria Harvey McDowellEntry/Object ID
1997.199Description
Pastel on paper. Bust portrait of older woman wearing dark top with gold and black oval brooch at her neck. She is wearing a white shawl, scarf or bonnet pulled partially over her head. The backgorund is dark grey-green. The top of a red chair is barely visible at the right above her shoulder. Two stamps on the back of the paper; one reads "Exposition universelle de 1855 / Mention honorable / Papier carton Anti-ponce p. le pastel / Papier toile [?]erres et Emerises p. polic[?] / P.L. Brevete, a Bolbec, Seme[?]." The other label reads "From / Goupil & Co. / M. Knowbime [?], successor, 866 Broadway / New York." Portrait was painted by subject's daughter.Dimensions
Height
31 inWidth
27 inDepth
4 inDimension Notes
Picture: 22"h x 18.125"w