Artist/Maker
John Ward Dunsmore
(American, 1856 – 1945)
Depicted
Margaret Ward Dunsmore
(American, 1827 – 1912)
Mrs. Joseph Pollock Dunsmore (Margaret Annette Ward, 1827–1912)
1881
Oil on canvas
Overall: 36 × 29 in. (91.4 × 73.7 cm)
Gift of Malcolm Dunsmore
1945.447
Margaret Annette (Ward) Dunsmore was the mother of the artist. This portrait, a gift to the Society from the subject's grandson, is one of Dunsmore's earliest works, painted in Ohio when he was twenty-three years old, before he went to Paris to study.
Markingssignature and date: upper left: "John Ward Dunsmore / 1881"
inscription: on back: "Margaret Annette Dunsmore / Born, Chester, N.J. / November 26, 1827. / Painted by John Ward Dunsmore / 1881"
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