The Bride of Lammermoor

c. 1836

James Goodwyn Clonney

Associated Names
James Goodwyn Clonney

Artist, American, 1812 - 1867

The image depicts two full-body figures positioned closely together outdoors. The man is standing on the left, slightly bent towards the woman who is seated on a stone structure. He has distinctive facial features with a prominent nose and a slight mustache, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with a feather, an elaborate coat over a suit, and boots. The woman wears a voluminous dress and has long, wavy hair. They are in front of an aged stone archway covered in vines, surrounded by trees and scattered shrubbery and stones.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. William Middendorf, II, McLean, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 13, no. 85.

Wikidata ID

Q64580366

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