COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1939.548
AMICA Library Year:
1998
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Eakins, Thomas
Creator Nationality:
North American; American
Creator Dates/Places:
American; 1844-1916 North and Central America,North America,United Sta
Creator Name-CRT:
Thomas Eakins
Title:
Mary Adeline Williams
Title Type:
preferred
View:
full view
Creation Date:
1899
Creation Start Date:
1899
Creation End Date:
1899
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Creation Place:
North and Central America,North America,United States,Pennsylvania,Philadelphia
Dimensions:
unframed:61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in.)framed: 87.6 x 77.8 cm (34 1/2 x 30 5/8 in.)
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number:
1939.548
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection
Context:
During his lifetime, Thomas Eakins painted more than two hundred portraits, only twenty-five of which were commissioned. Mary Adeline Williams was a personal friend of the artist, who first met her when she was a childhood playmate of his sister. Later, as an unmarried woman, she lived with Eakins and his wife, Susan. The image of Addie presented by her portrait-straightlaced, severe, and spinsterish-is in marked contrast with the active woman Susan describes in her diary as riding bicycles, going to artexhibitions, and lunching out between sittings for the painting.
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E12799.TIF
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