Margaret ("Gretchen") Strong

Provenance

Commissioned by the sitter's parents, The Reverend and Mrs. George Alexander Strong, Boston; by inheritance to their daughter, the sitter, Margaret Wendell Strong Withers [1892-1973] and her husband, Captain Clarke Withers [d. 1983], Massachusetts and St. Michael's, Maryland; by bequest 1983 to Captain Wither's first cousin once removed, Elizabeth Clarke Hayes [Mrs. Francis W. Hayes], St. Michael's, Maryland; gift 1992 to NGA.

Margaret ("Gretchen") Strong

Benson, Frank Weston

c. 1909

Accession Number

1992.66.1

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 76.8 x 64.2 cm (30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.) | framed: 90.8 x 78.1 x 3.2 cm (35 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Clarke Hayes