Accession #16.1

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Portrait of Mrs. Samuel Hamilton Brooks
  • Artist:Cecilia Beaux, American, 1855-1942
  • Date Created:1911
  • Owner/Location:Memphis Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave Memphis, TN 38104 901-544-6200
  • Frame Dimensions:52 3/8" x 39 3/8"
  • Image Dimensions:47 3/4" x 35"
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:31 May 2008
  • Condition:Good
  • Description:Frontal ankle-length portrait of a woman seated at a black wooden desk with her chin resting on her proper right hand. She is dressed in all white, including a fur stole and hat. A glove is on her left hand.
  • History:Signed: LL: Cecilia Beaux.
  • Notes:Sitter is one of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art founders. Brooks was a prominent Memphis family in the late 19th - early 20th century. Provenance: Gift of the sitter. - Gift of Mrs. Samuel Hamilton Brooks Image courtesy of Memphis Brooks Museum of Art - Reproduction by permission only.