James Tissot (French, 1836–1902)
Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)
1878
James Tissot's 'Seaside (July: Specimen of a Portrait)' (1878) is a large canvas by the French-born Anglo-Parisian painter, depicting a young woman in a white dress on a sunny seaside terrace — part society portrait and part fashion plate, emblematic of Tissot's appeal to late Victorian taste. Oil on fabric, Cleveland Museum of Art.
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