Isabel O’Daly

Media - 1996.91.2 - SAAM-1996.91.2_1 - 12721
Copied José Campeche y Jordán, Isabel O'Daly, 1808, oil on wood, 9 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 in. (25.2 x 19.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.2
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Artwork Details

Title
Isabel O’Daly
Artist
Date
1808
Location
Dimensions
9 7⁄8 x 7 1⁄2 in. (25.2 x 19.1 cm.)
Markings
back upper center in black ink: 36 ano, 1808, Campeche (illegible)
Credit Line
Teodoro Vidal Collection
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on wood
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait
  • Portrait female — O’Daly, Isabel — waist length
Object Number
1996.91.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1996.91.2

Artwork Description

José Campeche made this portrait of Isabel O'Daly (1772-1840) when she was thirty-six years old. Isabel was the daughter of Thomas O'Daly, an Irish engineer who came to San Juan in 1765 to complete the massive fortifications of the city. Campeche had a gift for painting the effects of light and shadow, and his naturalistic modeling captured the indentation above Isabel's upper lip and the prominence of her chin.