Martha Eliza Stevens Edgar Paschall
c. 1823
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 132.5 x 102.6 cm (52 3/16 x 40 3/8 in.) framed: 141.6 x 111.3 x 6.2 cm (55 3/4 x 43 13/16 x 2 7/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mary Paschall Young Doty and Katharine Campbell Young Keck
Accession Number
1983.95.1
Art Historical Context
Behold the poised elegance of *Martha Eliza Stevens Edgar Pasch*, a captivating oil-on-canvas portrait from around 1823, created by an anonymous American artist of the early 19th. Measuring an impressive 52 3/16 x 40 3/8 inches, this large-scale work captures the sitter in her prime, likely in her twenties or thirties, embodying the refined domestic ideal of the young American republic. Oil on canvas was the gold standard for such formal portraits, allowing for rich textures in fabrics, luminous skin tones, and intricate details that conveyed status and character. Painted during a burgeoning ...
About the Artist
American 19th Century
The artist cataloged as "American, 19th Century" represents a collective of unidentified painters active in the United States during the nineteenth century, with 380 known artworks preserved in this virtual museum's collection. These works span a diverse array of genres typical of the era, including portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes, reflecting the burgeoning artistic output of ...