Portrait in White

Provenance

The artist and his wife, Ellen Perry Peirson Benson, to 1951; Ellen Perry Peirson Benson [1860-1954], Salem, Massachusetts; her estate, 1954-1956; her daughter, Elisabeth Benson Rogers [Mrs. C.M.A. Rogers], Alabama, by 1956 or before; her sister, Sylvia Benson Lawson [Mrs. Ralph Lawson], Salem, Massachusetts, by 1976; bequest 1977 to NGA.

Portrait in White

Benson, Frank Weston

1889

Accession Number

1977.4.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 122.6 x 97.2 cm (48 1/4 x 38 1/4 in.) | framed: 134.6 x 109.2 x 4.4 cm (53 x 43 x 1 3/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Sylvia Benson Lawson