Margaret Fay and Nurse

painting

Name/Title

Margaret Fay and Nurse

Entry/Object ID

1990.20.4

Description

Painted portrait depicting an adult woman and child. The woman has light skin and dark brown hair. She is wearing a green jacket with black floral decoration and a grey skirt. She has a short white lace collar over a rd ribbon with a large oval brooch at the center. The child has light skin and brown hair. She is wearing a grey tunic-style dress belted at the waist with a blue moire ribbon. She is wearing a double-strand red beaded necklace. The painting is framed in an ornately molded gilded frame.

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Subject Person

Campbell, Margaret Fay Shaw

Acquisition

Accession

1990.20

Source or Donor

Campbell, Margaret Fay Shaw

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Given in memory of Margaret Fay (Mrs. Samuel Brown)

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1870

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Painting

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (unframed)

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

24-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Overall (framed)

Height

35-13/16 in

Width

33-1/2 in