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Mr. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes

1898·Oil on canvas·72 1/16 x 39 7/8 in. (183 x 101.3 cm)

Gift of the family of the Rev. and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, 1965

Catalogue

Year: 1898
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 72 1/16 x 39 7/8 in. (183 x 101.3 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Cecilia Beaux

Artist

Eliza Cecilia Beaux was an American artist and the first woman to teach art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Known for her elegant and sensitive portraits of friends, relatives, and Gilded Age patrons, Beaux painted many famous subjects including First Lady Edith Roosevelt, Admiral Sir David Beatty and Georges Clemenceau.

Philadelphia, PA, USA

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