Portrait of Mrs. Converse

Accession Number
2000/2.19

Title
Portrait of Mrs. Converse

Artist(s)
William McGregor Paxton

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1905

Medium & Support
oil on canvas

Dimensions
44 1/16 x 35 9/16 in. (111.8 x 90.2 cm);4 ft. 7 in. x 43 13/16 in. (139.7 x 111.13 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Peter N. Heydon

Label copy
Mrs. Converse may be the wife of Boston composer Frederick Converse. Paxton painted portraits of Frederick in 1899, a full family portrait in 1903, and a wedding portrait of Paxton's daughter, Louise, in 1915.

Primary Object Classification
Painting

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Figures
Portraits
chairs (furniture forms)
curtain
lady
necklace
seated

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