Portrait of Mrs. William Loring Andrews

Mrs. William Loring Andrews

 

•Artist: George Augustus Baker Jr. (1821-1880)

•Date:1861-63

•Medium: Oil on canvas

•Dimensions: 30 × 25 in. (76.2 × 63.5 cm)

•Classification: Paintings

•Credit Line: Gift of Jane Elizabeth Decker, 1940

•Accession Number: 40.144

 

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 736.

 

This portrait has an unusual oak frame that appears to have been constructed by a cabinetmaker rather than a traditional framemaker. It was likely made to match the furnishings and architectural details of a room in the sitter’s home. Jane Crane Andrews (1840–1930), seen here around the time of her marriage, was later a member of the board of the Woman’s Hospital and the National Society of Colonial Dames. Her husband, William, was a trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and organized its library in 1880.

 

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

 

Signature:

[On Label on the Back by a Later Hand]: Mrs. William Loring Andrews-- / (Jane Elizabeth Crane Andrews) / By-- / George Baker-- / [execu]ted / [torn]--1861 – 1863

 

Provenance

 

William Loring Andrews, New York, by 1865-died 1920; his wife, the sitter, 1920-died 1930; descended in the Andrews and Crane families to the subject's niece, Jane Elizabeth Decker, by 1940.

 

MetPublications

 

•American Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 2, A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1816 and 1845.

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