The painting is of an older woman from the waist up, her body slightly turned to the left and her head facing us. She has pale skin with soft lines, rosy cheeks, deep-set eyes, thin eyebrows, and thin red lips in a neutral expression. Her hair is short and wavy, colored in a soft grayish white. She is wearing a dark dress, contrasting with a light, frilly collar at the neck, where a round, dark pendant set in gold rests. The background is a dark, muted color. The brushstrokes in the painting are visible.
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Elizabeth Virginia Laning Bradner Smith (Mrs. George Cotton Smith)

painter Robert Henri (American, 1865 - 1929)

1908

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 81.3 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in.) ; framed: 104.1 x 88.2 x 6.3 cm (41 x 34 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CAB
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. George Cotton Smith Adams in memory of George Cotton Smith Adams
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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