Figure 1.--Tarbell with a growing reputation received many commissions which included both individual and family portraits. One of these family portraits was 'Mrs. Horatio Nelson Slater and Her Children'. Horatio Nelson Slater was a wealthy Webster, Massachusetts mill owner. His name shows the British influence on the American upper crust. The first Mrs. Slater died (1880). He married Miss Mable Hunt, daughter of William Morris Hunt, the artist (1891). They had four children were born, all of whom are portrayed in the Tarbell portrait. The girls wear white dresses, the oldest two with pink and blue bows and black long stockinngs. The boy wears a smart sailor suit. The children watch the artist. Mother for some reason is rather awkwardly posed.

Tarbell with a growing reputation received many commissions which included both individual and family portraits. One of these family portraits was 'Mrs. Horatio Nelson Slater and Her Children'. Horatio Nelson Slater was a wealthy Webster, Massachusetts mill owner. His name shows the British influence on th merican upper crust. The first Mrs. Slater died (1880). He married Miss Mable Hunt, daughter of William Morris Hunt, the artist (1891). They had four children were born, all of whom are portrayed in the Tarbell portrait. Slater died (1899) which is why he is nit included in the portrait. The three girls wear white dresses, the oldest two with pink and blue bows and black long stockinngs. The boy wears a smart sailor suit. The children watch the artist. Mother for some reason is rather awkwardly posed. They stand on a magnificent tiger rug and a tapestry forms the background, presumbly an European master work. Note that this is not an impressionst work. Tarbell may have been an accaimed impressionist, but nost clinents wanted a more realistic representtion.

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