Fanny Smith Cowles
PainterAttributed to
Erastus Salisbury Field
(American, 1805 - 1900)
Dateabout 1835
MediumPainting; oil on canvas in frame
DimensionsStretcher (height x width): 34 × 24in. (86.4 × 61cm)
Frame (height x width): 38 1/2 × 28 1/2in. (97.8 × 72.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the estate of Anna Nye Abbe Yeager
Object number1999.2.0
DescriptionPortrait of Fanny Smith Cowles, attributed to Erastus Salisbury Field. She is depicted in middle age, with dark hair visible under a ruffled bonnet. She is wearing a black dress with sleeves that are voluminous below the shoulder to the elbow, but fit tightly to the wrists. The bonnet has a large black bow on top, and is tied beneath her chin with a second black bow. She is sitting on a wooden armchair, holding a book with a red binding and a pair of spectacles.
Status
Not on view
