Charles Wesley Jarvis (1812 – 1868)
New York Lady in a Rococo Revival Interior, circa 1850
Oil on board

Period Frame
Signed on back with the artist’s New York City address
From a Seattle Estate
Mint Condition

Charles Wesley Jarvis, son of artist John Wesley Jarvis, was probably born in New York City or Baltimore since his father was active in both cities around the time of Charles’ birth in 1812. Charles Wesley Jarvis had a studio in New York from 1835-54, and did most of his painting there during that time. In 1854, he moved to Newark but maintained his studio in New York and painted portraits of families who lived along the Hudson River.

Charles Wesley Jarvis traveled to Havana, Cuba, where he did a number of portraits, including a copy of a likeness of Queen Isabella for the Cuban government. While unconfirmed as fact, J. Hall Pleasants says that it is generally accepted among scholars that Jarvis restored the portraits in the New York City Hall after they had been damaged by fire.