Lydia Field Emmet (a Self-Portrait), (painting).

Lydia Field Emmet (a Self-Portrait), (painting).

Emmet, Lydia Field, 1866-1952, painter.

Lydia Field Emmet (a Self-Portrait), (painting).

30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm).

(Upper right:) Lydia Field Emmet signed

Self-portrait of Lydia Field Emmet, her body turned to the right, her head turned to face the viewer. She wears an artist's smock and holds a paint brush in her hands. She is seated in her studio with a fireplace visible in the background on the right.

Portrait female -- Emmet, Lydia Field -- Self Portrait

Portrait female -- Emmet, Lydia Field -- Waist length

Occupation -- Art -- Painter

Architecture interior -- Studio -- Emmet

Object -- Art Tool -- Artist's Brush

National Academy of Design, 1083 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10128

Owner, 1971: Registration Records.

Dearinger, David B., ed., "Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume I, 1826-1925," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, (National Academy of Design), 2004, pg. 186.

"The Emmets: a family of women painters," Pittsfield, MA: Berkshire Museum, 1982, P.38

Dearinger, David B., ed., "Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design, Volume I, 1826-1925," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, (National Academy of Design), 2004, pg. 186.

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