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
Label:
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.
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.
