Portrait of a Lady
Seymour Joseph Guy
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
Seymour Joseph Guy (American, 1824–1910). Portrait of a Lady, 1856. Oil on canvas, 35 7/16 x 29 in. (90 x 73.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Designated Purchase Fund, 77.219.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Artist
Title
Portrait of a Lady
Date
1856
Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Dimensions
35 7/16 x 29 in. (90 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions
Inscribed lower right (initials in monogram) on fan: "SJ Guy, N.Y. 1856"
Credit Line
Designated Purchase Fund
Accession Number
77.219.2
Frequent Art Questions
Who is this woman?
The artist who painted that portrait was Seymour Joseph Guy. We don't know who the woman is but she was likely a middle-class New Yorker.Some of the objects in the portrait tell us about her lifestyle! She's sitting in a fancy Gothic Revival chair and she holds a painted fan, and there's a floral arrangement on the table behind her.
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