Woman Shelling Peas

Emily Clayton Bishop, born Smithsburg, MD 1883-died Smithsburg, MD 1912 · 1911

In Woman Shelling Peas, Emily Clayton Bishop shows a woman in a scene from everyday life. Domestic scenes are found elsewhere in her work, and include portrayals of women knitting and reading. Her close friend and former classmate Beatrice Fenton wrote that the woman is “probably a humorous village character of whom [Bishop] told many stories” (Beatrice Fenton Papers, Archives of American Art).