The Bashful Cousin

The Bashful Cousin by Francis William Edmonds

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 · 18061863

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...

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