Painting [realia] : the Young Wife: First Stew. 1856 circa.

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Painting [realia] : the Young Wife: First Stew. 1856 circa.

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Oil on composition board painting by Lilly Martin Spencer is titled "The Young Wife: First Stew." It is a genre scene that shows a young, seemingly-distressed woman preparing a stew in a kitchen. She is standing over a table, wearing a blue dress and a white apron. Her sleeves are rolled up. Her left hand is resting on the table while her right is balled in a fist and wiping her eye. This piece may also be known as "Cook in Kitchen Cutting Onions." It was a study for a larger-size work that was a companion piece to "The Young Husband: First Marketing." Martin painted it around 1856. The painting is in a gilt frame.

1 item : brown, black, blue, white, red ; 38.1 x 45.7 cm.

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Spencer, Lilly Martin, 1822-1902

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Lilly Martin Spencer (1824-1902) grew up in Marietta, Ohio. She was a child prodigy in art, and in 1841 she moved to Cincinnati to formally study art. She married Benjamin Spencer Rush, a cloth merchant and tailor, in 1844. In 1848 they moved to New York. Spencer was determined to make a career as a painter, and over time she achieved popular and financial success. Many of her works were reproduced and distributed as inexpensive lithographs and engravings. From the description of Pai...