William Merritt Chase
Portrait of Mrs. H. (Howell)

ArtistAmerican, 1849–1916
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Portrait of Mrs. H. (Howell)
Datec. 1886
MediumOil on mahogany panel
DimensionsPanel: 16 × 10 1/2 in. (40.6 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of her family in memory of Doris Fondren Allday Lummis
Object number2019.121
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
109 Long & Sarofim Gallery
On view

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Department
American Art
Object Type
ProvenanceMeredith Long Gallery, Houston; Mrs. Doris Fondren Lummis; by descent to her daughter, Ellanor Allday Camberg
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: signed at top left corner: W M. Chase.
Recto: signed at top left corner: W M. Chase.
Recto: [none]
Verso: [none]
Catalogue raisonnéPisano, Ronald G. The Complete Catalogue of Known and Documented Work by William Merritt Chase (1846-1916), Vol. 2, William Merritt Chase: Portraits in Oil. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006), pp. 67-68.

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