PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
Creator(s): Frank O. Salisbury (Painter)
On view in: First Floor Library
About this object
A portrait of Marjorie Merriweather Post seated 3/4 facing to the left in profile. She has brown hair with a frosted streak, curled in tight waves. She is wearing a long two strand pearl necklace, a white fur scarf thrown over her right arm and shoulder, and a piece of red velvet drapery over her right shoulder and left leg. She is wearing a white satin sleeveless dress cut in a low V at back, fastened by a ruby and diamond brooch, which matches the ruby bracelet and ring she also wears. In the background is a panel of red and gold brocade at the left and a piece of yellow drapery in the upper right hand corner. The upper edge of the chair is visible at the middle left of the painting.
- Object name:
- PORTRAIT OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
- Made from:
- Oil on canvas
- Made in:
- England
- Date made:
- 1934
- Size:
- 125.1 × 99.7 cm (49 1/4 × 39 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 51.140
- Class:
- PAINTING
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE; DATE Frank O. Salisbury 1934 (in black) [Lower right]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973