Portrait of a Mother, Child, and Two Women

Luther Holman Hale

National Gallery of Art

The image shows three women and a baby, all seated and visible from the waist up. The woman on the left holds an infant on her lap. The women are positioned in a row, with the left woman having dark hair, styled in curls, and wearing a striped dress with a lace collar. The middle woman also has curled dark hair, is wearing a dark dress with a white collar, and has her hands in her lap. The woman on the right has dark hair, styled with a middle part and curls at the sides, wearing a dark dress with a high lace collar and patterned sleeves. The women wear brooches and possibly earrings. The background is plain, with an ornate decorative frame around the image.