Portrait of Lucy Parry, Wife of Admiral Parry
John Wollaston
1745-1749
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1966.56
Tags
Portrait female
About the Artist
John Wollaston · 1700–1800
John Wollaston (active c. 1710–1775) was an English portrait painter who brought sophisticated Rococo styles from London to the British North American colonies, becoming one of the most prolific artists in the region during the mid-18th century. Little is known of his early life beyond his likely birth in London as the son of a painter—possibly named John Wollaston or John Woolston, according to H...