File:Portrait, Evelyn Byrd, Unknown.jpg
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Unknown artistUnknown artist
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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English: Evelyn Byrd, elder daughter of William Byrd II and his first wife Lucy Parke, sits for her portrait circa 1725. The beautiful young woman, then around eighteen years old, is set amid a pastoral scene, with a straw hat and a long staff, probably a shepherd's crook, in her lap. The portrait was painted in England, where she was educated, though the image contains a subtle reference to her home in North America: a bright red bird, presumably a cardinal which was indigenous to the continent, is perched on a branch in the upper left side of the canvas. The appearance of the bird also plays off her last name. |
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Date | circa 1725-1726 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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institution QS:P195,Q841700 |
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Source/Photographer | Encyclopedia Virginia. Courtesy of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. |
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JPEG file comment | Acc. # 1941-76; Paintings (category). Portrait of Evelyn Byrd (1707-1737). Three-quarter length portrait of a young woman, seated, nearly full-face, her head turned slightly towards the viewer's left. |
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