Mrs. William Page, between 1860 and 1861

  • William Page, American, 1811-1885

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 60 1/4 × 36 1/4 inches (153 × 92.1 cm)
  • 67 3/8 × 44 × 4 1/4 inches (171.1 × 111.8 × 10.8 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Page, Blinn S. Page, Lowell Briggs Page and Mrs. Leslie Stockton Howell

37.61

On View

  • American, Level 2, West

Department

American Art before 1950

1893, the artist's son, William S. Page

1936, his son, George S. Page (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) [owned jointly with his wife, Delilla B. Page, his sons, Blinn S. Page (Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, USA) and Lowell Briggs Page and his daughter, Mrs. Leslie Stockton Howell (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)]

1937-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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William Page, Mrs. William Page, between 1860 and 1861, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. George S. Page, Blinn S. Page, Lowell Briggs Page, et al., 37.61.