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Portrait of Dinah Riley

Object number2019.137.1

Artist Edwin Garnet Riley (1880 - 1966)

MediumOil paint; Masonite; Wood; Metal; Brass

Credit LineGift of Elizabeth A. Brown

DescriptionFramed oil painting on Masonite. Bust portrait painting depicts African American woman in three-quarter view facing slightly proper left; subject's gaze is at the viewer. Subject wears dark brown garment with white shawl. Subject's black-brown hair is parted down the center. Background is browns and greens. Masonite texture is visible in painted surface. Gold painted wooden frame. Masonite is held in frame with four brass mending plates. Reverse of frame has two eyebolts.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (Framed): 23.463 × 19.5 × 1.75 in. (59.6 × 49.5 × 4.4 cm)
Height x Width (Sight size): 19.625 × 15.75 in. (49.8 × 40 cm)
Historical NotesPortrait of Dinah Riley, artist Edwin Garnet Riley's paternal grandmother. She was an enslaved person from Macon, Georgia. The painting was done from a tintype portrait.

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