The Williamson family

Stanley, John Mix (1814-1872)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
19th century
Height:
68.6 cm  (27 in.)
Width:
55.9 cm  (22 in.)
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas
Place of creation:
United States

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American paintings and sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 1976.338]

Description

Portrait of the Williamson family; in the center seated on a chair, Mrs. Williamson (Mary Louisa Hardenbergh, 1816-1902); standing behind her James Abeel Williamson (1816-1897); on the right their oldest son John W. Aymar Williamson (1841-1917); on the very right side is an unusually shaped small guitar(?) with blue ribbon strap leaning on wall.

People as subjects

Williamson, Mary Louisa Hardenbergh (Non-musician/dancer)
Williamson, James Abeel (Non-musician/dancer)
Williamson, John W. Aymar (Non-musician/dancer)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Guitar [3237] (six strings; upper part of sound box is bell-shaped)

RIdIM images


Image URLs

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RIdIM record id

3571