Portrait of Mrs. Robert E. Carter
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Date1831
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsframe: 46 1/2 × 39 1/2 × 6 in. (118.1 × 100.3 × 15.2 cm.)
DescriptionThis pair of portraits by the American artist Frederick Randolph Spencer depicts a fashionable couple from New York: Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Carter, painted in 1832 and 1831, respectively. The extravagant showiness of the wife’s lace collar and over-the-top riffled bonnet is echoed in the elaborately ornamented period frame and the intricately carved Empire-style sofa on which she rests her arm.
InscribedInscribed on frame verso: 20-C-FOX / 32-2-35745 and 8-5-47
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Gift of Mark Rogers and Raymond Rourke
Status
Not on viewObject number2023.7.1
Unknown, American
1815
Object number: L2015.41.155
Joshua Reynolds
ca.1774-1775
Object number: 23.62
