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Portrait of Mrs. Guilford Wiley Wells, (painting). Artist:  Jenks, Albert, 1824-1901, painter. Jenks, C. J., painter. (formerly attributed to) Title:  Portrait of Mrs. Guilford Wiley Wells, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1886. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  55 7/8 x 37 13/16 in. (141.9 x 96.0 cm) Description:  Three-quarter length portrait of Mrs. Guilford Wiley Wells wearing a white satin gown trimmed in lace. She is holding a carved wooden fan in her left hand. A bouquet of pale roses is on the edge of the nearby table. An ornamental screen is in the background. Subject:  Portrait female -- Wells, Guilford Wiley, Mrs. (Katy C. Fox) -- Knee length Dress -- Accessory -- Fan Object -- Flower -- Rose Architecture interior Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: 28.18.2 Provenance:  Gift of Lee, Bradner W., Mrs., Remarks:  Katy C. Fox was married to Guilford Wiley Wells on Dec. 22, 1864 in Avoca, New York, her birthplace. They had one son, who died at an early age. When reported in 1973, the museum had attributed the work to C. J. Jenks. References:  Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 195-196. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973. Illustration:  Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 196. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 02960147   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 02960147 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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