# Mrs. Fenno Knight (née du Clois)

- By: Unidentified (French)
- Date: 1799
- Medium: watercolor on ivory in gilt wooden frame
- Classification: Paintings
- Dimensions: image: sight 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. (6.7 x 5.4 cm) oval
- Credit line: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. William Knight Crick
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=24808)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/3c712d5f9e2c0a3f7fddd7ee53121c4c.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Mrs. Fenno Knight sat for her portrait at age eighteen in a stylish high-waisted dress, wearing simple necklaces, earrings, and a hair ornament. Her playful eyes and slight smile suggest a pride and excitement in being painted.