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| Mrs. James Pulham Sr. (Frances Amys, ca. 1766–1856) |
Artist:John Constable (British, East Bergholt 1776–1837 Hampstead)
Date:1818
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:29 3/4 x 24 3/4 in. (75.6 x 62.9 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of George A. Hearn, 1906
The sitter, an amateur portrait painter, was the wife of James Pulham, an attorney in Woodbridge, Suffolk. In a letter to Constable of April 30, 1818, Mr. Pulham referred to this painting as "the Compliment which you have so handsomely bestowed on her." Portraiture was a minor but remunerative part of Constable’s practice. This is one of his liveliest works, with varied brushwork and glinting highlights played off against the sitter’s matronly calm.
Provenance
James Pulham Sr., Oxford House,, Woodbridge, Suffolk (1818–d. 1830); the sitter, Mrs. James (Frances Amys) Pulham Sr., Woodbridge (1830–d. 1856); her son, James Brook Pulham, Woodbridge (1856–d. 1860); Mrs. James Brook (Maria Violet) Pulham, Woodbridge (1860–d. 1868); her executor, Captain Rolla Rouse, Melton, Suffolk (from 1868); George A. Hearn, New York (until 1906)
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