The Bashful Cousin
Francis William Edmonds
c. 1841-1842
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
overall: 63.2 x 76 cm (24 7/8 x 29 15/16 in.) framed: 95.9 x 108.6 cm (37 3/4 x 42 3/4 in.)
Classification
Painting
Department
CAB
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Frederick Sturges, Jr.
Accession Number
1978.6.4
About the Artist
Francis William Edmonds · 1806–1863
Francis William Edmonds, born on November 22, 1806, in Hudson, New York, into a prominent Quaker family as the seventh child of storekeeper and public servant Samuel Edmonds and Lydia Worth Edmonds, displayed remarkable artistic talent from youth. After Quaker schooling and farm work, he entered banking in 1823 as a clerk at the Tradesmen's Bank in New York City under his uncle Gorham Worth, a pat...