Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. John Dickson)
c. 1835
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 76.8 x 63.8 cm (30 1/4 x 25 1/8 in.) framed: 91.4 x 79.4 x 5.7 cm (36 x 31 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Accession Number
1947.17.77
Art Historical Context
Behold *Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. Dickson)*, a captivating oil-on-canvas portrait by John Neagle, painted around 1835. Measuring 30¼ × 25⅛ inches, this intimate work captures the refined elegance of its sitter, a prominent Philadelphia socialite, in a format ideal for private homes or family galleries. Housed in the National Gallery Art's Andrew W. Collection, it exemplifies the golden age of American portraiture. Neagle, a leading 19th-century Philadelphia painter influenced by masters like Gilbert Stuart, specialized in lifelike depictions of the emerging American elite. His precise brushwor...