Portrait #740

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Howard, Mary Bullock as older woman
  • Artist:Brown, John Henry
  • Date Created:1853
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:9.5 x 6
  • Image Dimensions:4.5 x 3.5
Show all
  • Materials/Media:watercolor on ivory
  • Date Documented:12/6/2005
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Woman in a blue velvet dress and a red shawl over her left arm. The composition is divided by a neutral dark grey on the left and a lush summer landscape on the right.
  • History:Artist was from London, but work was done in Philadelphia, PA at a cost of $500.
  • Notes:See also portrait #739. Subject lived from 1819-1855. Daughter of George Gibson Howard.