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Louisa Catherine Adams Clement
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This is a portrait of the artist’s mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, who was born in 1856. The elaborate tabernacle frame recalls the full-scale portraits by Abbott Thayer, which make the sitter appear to be on a stage or a throne.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineLouisa Catherine Adams Clement. ca. 1910. Mary Louisa Adams Clement, born Newbury, MA 1882-died Warrenton, VA 1950. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Adams-Clement Collection, gift of Mary Louisa Adams Clement in memory of her mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement. CC0.
