Artist/Maker
William Bruce Ellis Ranken
(1881 - 1941)
Depicted
Elisabeth Marbury
(American, 1856 - 1933)
Elisabeth Marbury (1856-1933)
1932
Place madeMaine, United States, North America
Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on board
Overall: 18 3/16 x 19 1/16 in. ( 46.4 x 48.3 cm )
mat: 24 x 24 x 3 in. ( 61 x 61 x 7.6 cm )
mat: 24 x 24 x 3 in. ( 61 x 61 x 7.6 cm )
Gift of Douglas Anderson
1957.249
The subject was born in New York, the daughter of Francis and Elisabeth (McCoun) Marbury. Her interests ranged from literary clubs to welfare work and from the theater to women's suffrage. She was the literary agent for a number of French authors and playwrights and for George Bernard Shaw, and the author of several books herself, among them an autobiography, "My Crystal Ball" (1923).
DescriptionPortraitMarkingssignature and date: lower right: "Ranken 1932"
inscription: On verso-"Miss Elizabeth Marbury/ on her farm in Maine/ by/ Wm.Ranken 1932".
InscribedSigned and inscribed with monogram at lower right in brown watercolor: "WBER 1932"; verso inscribed at upper center: "Miss Elizabeth Marbury / on her farm in Maine / by / WBERanken. 1932."
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