Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques

Nelly McKenzie Tolman, Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques, 1936, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques, 1941.6.1
Nelly McKenzie Tolman, Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques, 1936, watercolor on ivory, sight 3 122 34 in. (8.97.0 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques, 1941.6.1

Artwork Details

Title
Mrs. Bertha E. Jaques
Date
1936
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 3 122 34 in. (8.97.0 cm) oval
Credit Line
Bequest of Bertha E. Jaques
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait female — Jaques, Bertha E. — bust
  • Portrait female — Jaques, Bertha E. — miniature
  • Portrait female — Jaques, Bertha E. — elderly
Object Number
1941.6.1

Artwork Description

Bertha Jaques, born in 1863 in Covington, Ohio, was a talented artist who taught herself the art of etching after seeing works in this medium at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Jaques began showing her etchings only a year later, had her first exhibition at the Chicago Institute of Art in 1903, and by 1910 had established the Chicago Society of Etchers. Her desire to etch landscapes and plants took her to Japan, Holland, Egypt, Italy, Sweden, and London. Jaques was a role model for the women of her time, demonstrating that it was possible to balance a highly successful career with a woman’s duties as a wife. She died in 1941, leaving more than four hundred prints as her legacy.

Works by this artist (2 items)

Arthur B. Carles, Interior, ca. 1915, color etching and drypoint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1981.11.3
Interior
Dateca. 1915
color etching and drypoint on paper
Not on view
Arthur B. Carles, Dorziat Reciting, 1915, drypoint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1981.11.4
Dorziat Reciting
Date1915
drypoint on paper
Not on view

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Date1941-1952
linocut
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Claire Falkenstein, Untitled, 1976, embossed paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of The Falkenstein Foundation, 2019.27.18, ©1997, The Falkenstein Foundation
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Date1976
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Mandala
Date1977
lithograph
Not on view
Les Quais de la Seine a Paris
Date1917
hand-colored etching on postcard
Not on view