Julia Taylor
PainterPainted by
William Ruthven Wheeler
(American, 1832 - 1893)
Date1866
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 27 × 22in. (68.6 × 55.9cm)
Frame (height x width): 34 1/2 × 29 1/2in. (87.6 × 74.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineBequest of Parker Curtin Risley
Object number1991.88.2
DescriptionOval portrait of Julia Taylor by William Ruthven Wheeler. Believed to be painted just prior to her 1867 marriage to John Ston Robinson. She is wearing a white off-the-shoulder bodice and a gray wrap, her shoulders bare. Her dark hair is parted in the center and gathered at the nape of her neck.
Status
Not on view
about 1861