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Mrs. Edward Darley Boit (Mary Louisa Cushing)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
1887

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas
Dimensions Overall: 152.4 × 108.6 cm (60 × 42 3/4 in.)
Framed: 189.2 × 144.1 × 12.7 cm (74 1/2 × 56 3/4 × 5 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Julia Overing Boit
Accession Number63.2688
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsLower right: John S. Sargent
Provenance1887, the sitter, Mary Louisa Cushing (Mrs. Edward Darley) Boit (1846-1898), Boston and Paris; 1898, by descent to her daughters, Mary Louisa Boit (1874-1945), Florence D. Boit (1868-1919), Jane Hubbard Boit (1870-1955), and Julia Overing Boit (1878-1969); 1963, gift of Miss Julia Overing Boit to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 11, 1963)