Titles

Only one title has been suggested:

• 'Portrait of Mrs. Louis Jarvis' (1905, ISSPG). 1
• 'Portrait of Mrs Lewis Jarvis' (1980, YMSM). 2

Description

Portrait of Mrs Lewis Jarvis, Smith College Museum of Art

A head and shoulders portrait of a woman, in vertical format. She is facing the viewer. She has a dark, high-necked dress with a ruffle, and a small white frilly cravat trimmed round her neck with a narrow red ribbon. She has reddish brown hair and a small fringe.

Sitter

Mr and Mrs Jarvis and their daughter Olivia, photograph, ca 1898

Ada Maud Jarvis (1850-1919), née Ada Maud Vesey-Dawson, was the daughter of an Irish barrister. She married Lewis Page Jarvis (1845-1900), a brewer, in October 1876. She died on 23 July 1919.