Portrait of William E. Norton1901
William Penhallow Henderson painted this in 1901, aged 24. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. More about this work
About this work
William Penhallow Henderson painted this in 1901, aged 24. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.
How it was made
- Oil paint
- Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.
William Penhallow Henderson
born Medford, MA 1877-died Tesuque, NM 1943
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Smithsonian American Art Museum has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1982.1.31
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Type
- Painting
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
