Artist: Edward Harrison May, Sitter: Edith Wharton, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Edith Wharton

Edward Harrison May (1824 - 1887)

1870

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Stretcher: 73 x 60.3 x 3.8cm (28 3/4 x 23 3/4 x 1 1/2")
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, National Portrait Gallery
Credit line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; This portrait was adopted by members of the National Portrait Gallery Commission in honor of Dan Okrent, chairman, 2004–8.
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
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About this work

Born New York City