Mrs. John Bard
1798
pastel
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1798
pastel
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Mrs. John Bard is a 1798 pastel by Sharples Family, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a woman sitting in a chair. She's dressed in old-fashioned clothes. The artist used a lot of detail to show her face and clothes, which is interesting because it gives us a sense of what people wore back then. The woman in the painting is Mrs. John Bard, and the artist took time to get her likeness just right. This kind of portrait was common in the 18th century, and it tells us about the people who lived then. You can learn more about this kind of art by looking into the technique: pastel.
