Anna Watson Stuart

: 1862
: 127.0 x 102.0 cm

Daniel Huntington (1816 – 1906)

A prominent figure of the Hudson River School and a master portraitist, Daniel Huntington is celebrated for works like Mercy's Dream and his leadership at the National Academy of Design, inviting you to discover his legacy.

Huntington was the preferred portraitist of respectable New York society during the 1860s. Here Mrs. Joseph L. (Anna Watson) Stuart (1817-1881), wife of an Irish-born dry goods merchant turned banker, is seated in a lush landscape. She is dressed in fashionable ermine and laces, and on her right wrist she wears a cameo bracelet, created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. This family heirloom, now in a private collection, is Saint-Gaudens’s most ambitious extant cameo project, featuring six portraits— Mr. (1803-1874) and Mrs. Stuart and their four children Anna (1840-1902), Joseph Jr. (1843-1890), Margaret (1845-1932), and Robert Watson (1847-1920). Each cameo is set in a gold mount with a shell pearl border.

By the TopImpressionists.com Editorial Team

About this artwork

Title: Anna Watson Stuart
Artist: Daniel Huntington
Year: 1862
Original dimensions: 127.0 x 102.0 cm
Format: Portrait
Copyright status: Public domain
Inventory number: 43.55.2
Main color: Phthalo Green
Color hue: Ochre to Sepia