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The artist skillfully drew the facial features of both youngsters, yet their poses and gestures are stiffly rendered. The candid poses reflect an informality that may be useful in linking other portraits to this hand.
BibliographyLouis C. Jones, Three Eyes on the Past: Exploring New York Folklife, (Syracuse, 1982), p.154, ill.
Agnes Halsey & Louis C.Jones, New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic, (NYSHA, 1960), p. 13.
Paul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces; Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York 1987), pp.170-172, illus. As no. 109 on p. 171.
Artist
William M. S. Doyle
(active 1803 - 1828)
That's My Doll
Date1805-1810
MediumPastel on paper
DimensionsSight: 29 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (74.6 × 54.9 cm)
Object numberN0249.1961
Credit LineCollection of the Fenimore Art Museum. Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Photograph by Richard Walker
Label TextThis picture is a rare example of depicting action and youthful mischief in non-academic portraiture of the nineteenth century. It has a lively, spontaneous quality, showing two youngsters, who, despite their placid expression, appear to be fighting vigouously for the possession of the doll seen in the upper left corner of the painting.
The artist skillfully drew the facial features of both youngsters, yet their poses and gestures are stiffly rendered. The candid poses reflect an informality that may be useful in linking other portraits to this hand.
BibliographyLouis C. Jones, Three Eyes on the Past: Exploring New York Folklife, (Syracuse, 1982), p.154, ill.
Agnes Halsey & Louis C.Jones, New-Found Folk Art of the Young Republic, (NYSHA, 1960), p. 13.
Paul S. D'Ambrosio and Charlotte M. Emans, Folk Art's Many Faces; Portraits in the New York State Historical Association, (New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, New York 1987), pp.170-172, illus. As no. 109 on p. 171.
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