Portrait of Kate Field

Portrait of Kate Field

Item Information

Title:
Portrait of Kate Field
Description:
3/4 length portrait of Field seated against yellow-green cushions before a yellow-green background. Turning to the left, she wears a black dress and holds s few small flowers.
Artist:
Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
Date:
1881
Format:
Paintings
Genre:
Oil paintings
Portrait paintings
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Fine Arts Department Collection
Subjects:
Authors
Dramatists
Journalists
Actresses
Field, Kate, 1838-1896
Extent:
1 painting : oil on canvas ; in frame 127 x 102 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/n8710p79c
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Notes:
Signed: F.D. Millet 1887
Notes (ownership):
Formerly owned by Liliane Whiting, friend and biographer of Field.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Mrs. Edgar John Fellowes by wil. Fellowes was the sister of Liliane Whiting.
Notes (date):
Most have read the date next to Millet's signature in the lower right corner as 1887. However, the last digit may be a 1. A date of 1881 does seem more likely, if indeed this was the painting exhibited in 1881 at the National Academy of Design's exhibition.
Notes (object):
Gold frame.
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibition history: New York, National Academy of Design 1881 (no. 413)
Boston, MA, Guild of Boston Artists, "The Easel Paintings of Francis Davis Millet," Apr. 6 - 24, 1999
Identifier:
06_01_003321