This painting depicts a woman from the shoulders up, her head turned to face us. She has light skin, large eyes, a long nose, and rosy cheeks. Her lips are red and set in a neutral expression. Her brown hair is styled in curls under a large black hat with white feathers. She wears a garment with a sheer collar, a jeweled brooch, and white fur around her shoulders. The background is a dark, muted gradient of brown tones, with some dark blue and dark red, fading to cream at the bottom of the painting.

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Ann Biddle Hopkinson (Mrs. Francis Hopkinson)

Thomas Sully (American, born England, 1783 - 1872)

1834

Medium: oil on canvas
Classification: Painting
Dimensions: overall: 51 x 44.3 cm (20 1/16 x 17 7/16 in.) ; framed: 74.9 x 67.3 x 10.2 cm (29 1/2 x 26 1/2 x 4 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: Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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