Miss C. Parsons as 'The Lady of the Lake' by Thomas Sully

Miss C. Parsons as 'The Lady of the Lake' 1812

thomassully

impressionistic

abstract painting

impressionist painting style

possibly oil pastel

oil painting

neo expressionist

underpainting

mythology

painting painterly

surrealist

lady

expressionist

Thomas Sully's 1812 painting, "Miss C. Parsons as 'The Lady of the Lake'," depicts a young woman in a white dress standing in a small boat on a lake. The scene is set against a dramatic landscape of dark cliffs and a luminous sunset. This Romantic portrait of a fashionable woman, likely inspired by Sir Walter Scott's poem "The Lady of the Lake", was a popular genre of the time, combining idealized beauty with literary themes.