Stevenson Memorial
1903 · Oil on canvas · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
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About this work
- Artist
- Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921)
- Year
- 1903
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 207.2 × 152.6 cm
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington
- Movement
- Realism
A winged young woman in white sits on a rock against a dark sky, her arms resting on her knees. Thayer painted it in memory of the Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island, who had died in Samoa in 1894, and it is one of the most solemn of his angel pictures. It is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A quiet winged figure on a dark ground for a library, study or reading room in a dark wood frame. It suits warm white or deep green walls and is a gift for a book lover.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Realism painting
- Era
- 20th century (1903)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room, hallway or entryway
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.























