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Joseph Blackburn American
For the pendant to his portrait of Samuel Cutts (1979.196.1), Blackburn demonstrated his expertise as a drapery painter. The lace-trimmed gown of silk damask was not Mrs. Cutts’s own but was copied from a British print of the latest fashion.
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Title: Mrs. Samuel Cutts
Artist:
Joseph Blackburn (active 1752–ca. 1778)
Date: ca. 1762–63
Culture: American
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 50 1/4 x 40 1/2 in. (127.6 x 102.9 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Clarence Dillon, 1979
Accession Number: 1979.196.2
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