Frank Weston Benson (painter) American, 1862 - 1951 Margaret ("Gretchen") Strong, c. 1909 oil on canvas Overall: 76.8 x 64.2 cm (30 1/4 x 25 1/4 in.) framed: 90.8 x 78.1 x 3.2 cm (35 3/4 x 30 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.) Gift of Elizabeth Clarke Hayes 1992.66.1

From the Tour: American Impressionists of the Late 1800s and Early 1900s
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Commissioned by the sitter's parents, The Reverend and Mrs. George Alexander Strong, Boston; by inheritance to their daughter, the sitter, Margaret Wendell Strong Withers [1892-1973] and her husband, Captain Clarke Withers [d. 1983], Massachusetts and St. Michael's, Maryland; by bequest 1983 to Captain Wither's first cousin once removed, Elizabeth Clarke Hayes [Mrs. Francis W. Hayes], St. Michael's, Maryland; gift 1992 to NGA.

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• Hayes, Elizabeth Clarke
• Strong, George Alexander, The Rev. and Mrs.
• Strong, Margaret ("Gretchen") Wendell
• Withers, Clarke, Captain

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