Louisa Catherine Adams Clement

Mary Louisa Adams Clement, born Newbury, MA 1882-died Warrenton, VA 1950 · ca. 1910

This is a portrait of the artist’s mother, Louisa Catherine Adams Clement, who was born in 1856. The elaborate tabernacle frame recalls the full-scale portraits by Abbott Thayer, which make the sitter appear to be on a stage or a throne.