Portrait #104

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Wright, Bettie Mills
  • Artist:Wilkinson, Emma
  • Date Created:ca. 1925-1935
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:34.5 x 29
  • Image Dimensions:25.5 x 21
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:7/17/2003
  • Condition:Excellent
  • Description:Frontal bust-length of young woman dressed in a white v-cut dress trimmed in lace around the neckline. She has auburn curls, blue eyes, and noticeably pink cheeks. The painting style for her costume and multi-clored background is loose and almost impressionistic. The distinguishing element is a white hat, a pill-box, cloud-like affair adorned with greenery and groups of pearls on the right side of the frame.
  • History:The work was done in Savannah and derived from a wedding photo taken in 1886.
  • Notes:Sitter is owner's paternal grandmother.