Miss Mathilde Townsend

Provenance

The sitter's mother, Mrs. Richard H. Townsend [d. 1931, née Mary Scott], Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to the sitter, Mathilde Townsend Gerry Welles [1888-1949], Washington, D.C.; bequest 1949 to NGA, with life interest to her husband, Sumner Welles [1892-1961].

Miss Mathilde Townsend

Sargent, John Singer

1907

Accession Number

1952.3.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 152.7 x 101.6 cm (60 1/8 x 40 in.) | framed: 182.9 x 132.1 x 15.2 cm (72 x 52 x 6 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of the sitter, Mrs. Sumner Welles