Portrait of Mrs. Warburton of Rockboro, Virginia
Companion to Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1973-258-1
Ammi Phillips, American, 1788 - 1865
Geography:
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
c. 1825Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
29 13/16 x 23 7/8 inches (75.7 x 60.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
American ArtObject Location:
1973-258-2Credit Line:
The Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973
Made in United States, North and Central America
Date:
c. 1825Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
29 13/16 x 23 7/8 inches (75.7 x 60.6 cm)Curatorial Department:
American ArtObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1973-258-2Credit Line:
The Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1973
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books [x] elegant collar with pin [x] hands [x] nhd 1815 to 1860 portrait [x]Ammi Phillips, an itinerant portrait painter who worked across the northeastern states for decades beginning about 1810, served a well-dressed, middle-class clientele. His sitters, like Mrs. Warburton, are often shown with books and seated in fancy painted chairs. Painting with a "folk" aesthetic, Phillips created images with strong value contrasts, crisp contours, flattened forms, and lively surface patterns.
