Ada Irene Vose Congdon (American/New York, 1854-1918), "Portrait of the Painter Thomas Richardson Congdon (1859-1917), the Artist's Husband", oil on canvas, signed lower right, 36" x 30". In a carved giltwood frame. Congdon studied in Paris under Leon Augustin Lhermitte (1844-1925) and Raphael Collin (1850-1916). Along with her husband and fellow artist, Thomas Richardson Congdon, she traveled extensively in Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Holland, studying and sketching. The couple settled in New York where they opened a studio together. An accomplished etcher, Congdon exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the City Art Museum of St. Louis, and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.

In generally very good restored condition. Scattered craquelure, minor pinprick-sized losses, and rubbing with minor losses to left edge. Inpainting repairs include a spot below the elbow, upper right, in the background with a corresponding small patch en verso, along proper right arm, vest, touch-ups to hair and beard.