In Rebecca Pritchard Mills and Her Daughter Eliza Shrewsbury, how is the Description discussed?
This double portrait depicts Rebecca Pritchard Mills (the sister of Eliza Anne Pritchard, whom Henry Benbridge had painted twenty years earlier) and her daughter, Eliza Shrewsbury (seated at left), captured in the domestic acts of sewing and reading, respectively. The portrait showcases Earl's penchant for rich drapery and (for the period) animated expressions.Curator Morgan Lan described this portrait as "one of Earl’s most luminous and eye-catching works: a sumptuous display of rich fabric, genteel refinement, and graceful disposition." The painting features two brunette women seated at similar scale before drawn drapes that open onto a landscape of cloudy sky and marsh with distant green vegetation and an even more distant body of water. The women sit together on a black horsehair sofa, pausing their work to glance up at the viewer.
Eliza Anne Pritchard Henry Benbridge