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The image shows two figures, a woman and a child, depicted from the waist up. The woman is slightly bent forward, engaging with the child seated beside her. The woman's facial features are delicately outlined, and she has her hair styled in a bun. She wears a long-sleeved dress with a patterned neckline. The child has a fringe haircut and wears a dark dress with a light collar. The woman holds a small object, possibly a book, angled towards the child. They are in front of a shaded window with decorative drapery on either side.
National Gallery of Art · Drawing
Anne and Her Mother
George Bellows
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- black crayon and graphite on wove paper
- Dimensions
- image: 20.5 x 20 cm (8 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.) sheet: 31.7 x 20.2 cm (12 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)
- Classification
- Drawing
- Accession number
- 1983.1.73
- Credit line
- Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
- Time span
- 1901 to 1925
- Department
- CG-W
Subjects and terms
- American
- Mother and Child
- family
- portrait
- Realist
Inscription
lower right in graphite: Geo. Bellows / ESB. (Emma Story Bellows); lower right in graphite by unknown hand: 18671 Mellon; lower left verso in graphite: Emma & Ann
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INDUSTRIAL
NGA object ID 61423. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.