This is a painting of a woman depicted from the waist up. She is seated in a red armchair with gold details, slightly turned to the right, with her hands resting in her lap. She has light skin and slightly flushed cheeks, and her gray hair is styled in curls and adorned with a pearl headpiece and a light green ribbon. The woman is wearing a pale-green dress with a high neckline and a light blue sash around her waist, as well as lace trim on her neckline and sleeves. She has a gold ring on her finger and a thin necklace around her neck. Beside her on the right is a table covered with red…
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Catherine Yates Pollock (Mrs. George Pollock)

painter Gilbert Stuart (American, 1755 - 1828)

1793/1794

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 91.6 x 71.8 cm (36 1/16 x 28 1/4 in.) ; framed: 122.6 x 105.4 x 8.9 cm (48 1/4 x 41 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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