Art Image Details
Edith Carow Roosevelt
| Title: | Edith Carow Roosevelt |
|---|---|
| Artist: | Chartran, Théobald |
| Date of Work: | 1902 |
| Medium/Support: | oil on canvas |
| Measurements: | 58 1/4 x 50 1/4 in (148 x 127.6 cm) |
| Inscribed: | Yes |
| Inscription Type: | signed and dated |
| Inscription Location: | lower left |
| Inscription Text: | Chartran / Washington D.C. / 1902 |
| Acquisition Information: | Gift of the French Republic |
| Acquisition Number: | 902.1477.1 |
| Credit Line: | The White House Historical Association (White House Collection) |
| Scholar's Notes: |
"Mrs. Roosevelt, wife of President Theodore Roosevelt, posed for this formal-informal portrait in the colonial garden. (The South Portico in the background has been repositioned by the artist for pictorial effect.) . . . "Despite the black coat and splendid black feathered hat, the painting is filled with light, due not only to the extensive areas of white and the light underpaint but also to the sea green found in much of the picture--in the background, in the subject's eyes, and as a tint in the white of the bench. [Edith Roosevelt's] biographer felt that 'the pose characteristically combined informality with regality and the calm that was always Edith's most noted attribute.'" |
| Source of Scholar's Notes: | Kloss, William, et al. Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride. Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2008. |
| Page Number(s) in Source: | 232 |
| People: | Roosevelt, Edith |
| Categories: | White House Art Collection, Images of First Ladies |
| Type: | portraits |
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