Portrait of a Woman

Cornelius Jabez Hughes

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a seated woman, visible from the waist up. She has dark, neatly parted hair. She wears a long-sleeved, dark dress with a high collar and white lace or frilled trim at the cuffs. She is posed with her right elbow on a table and her right hand under her chin, with her left hand resting on her lap. There is a small object in her left hand. A dark, round table nearby holds a book or box. The background is plain and the scene is framed in gold.