A Girl Reading

A Girl Reading
A Girl Reading

A Girl Reading

Datec. 1906
Artist (American painter, 1879–1962)
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
frame: 31 1/2 × 27 1/2 in. (80 × 69.9 cm)
Credit LineF. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 1992
Object number1992-111
On View
On view
ClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThe subject of this painting is Pauline Bancroft Chadwick, the artist's wife. Her father was John Bancroft, who became president of Joseph Bancroft and Sons after the death in 1915 of his cousin, Samuel Bancroft, the Wilmington industrialist whose Pre-Raphaelite collection is now owned by the Museum. Pauline was also related to Howard Pyle, who gave her a painting, now in the Museum's collection, as a wedding gift.
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