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Isabel O'Daly
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About this work
José Campeche made this portrait of Isabel O'Daly (1772-1840) when she was thirty-six years old. Isabel was the daughter of Thomas O'Daly, an Irish engineer who came to San Juan in 1765 to complete the massive fortifications of the city. Campeche had a gift for painting the effects of light and shadow, and his naturalistic modeling captured the indentation above Isabel's upper lip and the prominence of her chin.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineIsabel O'Daly. 1808. José Campeche y Jordán, born San Juan, Puerto Rico 1751-died San Juan, Puerto Rico 1809. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection. CC0.
