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In
a crisp and highly detailed style, Frederick James depicts a newly
married couple in a carriage hastily departing a throng of well
wishers, having just emerged from church. James, who trained first
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later under the
famed French artist Jean Leon Gerome (1824-1904), was noted for his
depictions of 18th-century America. Here he has chosen a joyous
subject matter, one that allows him to showcase his superior
talents. Indeed, the wedding party, dressed to the nines, gives
James ample opportunity to display his remarkable skill at
replicating on canvas the exquisite satiny sheen of the
participants’ finery.
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