Harriet Husson Carville (Mrs. James G. Carville)

1904

Thomas Eakins

Associated Names
Thomas Eakins

Artist, American, 1844 - 1916

This painting is a portrait of a person with dark hair styled neatly in an updo with soft waves over their forehead. They have a serious expression, with pale skin, high cheekbones, deep-set eyes, dark eyebrows, and pink lips in a neutral expression. The person is wearing a pale blue garment with a vee-neck and slightly puffed sleeves, and they are turned slightly to the left. On the right, there are deep shadows on the side of their face and their neck. The background is a mixture of brown and gray shades with visible brushstrokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Elizabeth O. Carville

  • Dimensions

    overall: 51 × 40.7 cm (20 1/16 × 16 in.)
    framed: 74.93 × 64.14 × 5.08 cm (29 1/2 × 25 1/4 × 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.27.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter, Philadelphia, until at least 1933;[1] her daughter, Elizabeth O. Carville, Tacoma, Washington; gift 1976 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1930

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. "Thomas Eakins, Realist." Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 25 (March 1930): 30, no. 261.

1933

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work. New York, 1933: 198, no. 397.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 149, repro.

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 116, repro.

1988

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 134, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 167, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 176-178, color repro.

Inscriptions

upper left: T.E.; on reverse: TO HIS FRIEND / HARRIET CARVILLE / THOMAS EAKINS / 1904

Wikidata ID

Q20190889

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