# Theresa Helburn

**Marion H. Beckett** (1886–1949)  
1922  
Oil on canvas  
Accurate: 64 × 60.8 cm (25 3/16 × 23 15/16")

Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, NPG.73.30. [The museum's record](https://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.73.30).

## About this work

Marion H. Beckett painted this in 1922, aged 36. It is now at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

### What you’re looking at

Artist: Marion H. Beckett, Sitter: Theresa Helburn, Current owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

_Description from the National Portrait Gallery._

### 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.

### [Marion H. Beckett](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/marion-h-beckett)

1886–1949

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- The artist was 36
- Real size: about 25 × 24 in (64 × 61 cm). The 18 × 24 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 20th century
- Subjects: Women, Business and Finance, Arts and Culture, Literature, Writers, Businessperson, Portraits, Theater producer
- Colour: red
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68; 20 × 30 in $86; 24 × 36 in $108
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208; 24 × 36 in $258
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118; 20 × 30 in $148; 24 × 36 in $178
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5; 24 × 36 in $5

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