Emma Catherine Embury
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Like many other women writers of the time, her work focused on such themes as unrequited love and silent suffering. She also hosted literary salons at her commodious Brooklyn home."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Although Embury\u00e2\u0080\u0099s portrait lacks the extensive chalk or graphite highlights of other images by Edouart, he still provides many details. Note the spectacles that rest on her nose, the necklace or cord dangling on her chest, and the book she carries. He created her shadow by filling the area beneath her dress with wash (diluted ink). As is the case with other portraits, Edouart glued a pair of shoes on separately from the rest of her clothing."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Auguste Edouart consigna varios de los roles de Emma Catherine Embury: era \u00e2\u0080\u009cautora\u00e2\u0080\u009d, \u00e2\u0080\u009cesposa de Daniel\u00e2\u0080\u009d e \u00e2\u0080\u009chija del Dr. James Manley\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Embury public\u00c3\u00b3 sus primeros textos en la adolescencia con el seud\u00c3\u00b3nimo de \u00e2\u0080\u009cIanthe\u00e2\u0080\u009d. De adulta, sus poemas y cuentos aparecieron en revistas de amplia difusi\u00c3\u00b3n, tales como Godey\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Lady\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Book. Al igual que muchas mujeres escritoras de su \u00c3\u00a9poca, trataba temas como el amor no correspondido y el sufrimiento en silencio. Tambi\u00c3\u00a9n organizaba reuniones literarias en su espa- ciosa residencia de Brooklyn."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Aunque el retrato de Embury no ostenta las minuciosas claridades en tiza o grafito de otras im\u00c3\u00a1genes de Edouart, todav\u00c3\u00ada se observan muchos detalles: sus gafas descansan sobre el puente de su nariz, lleva colgado al pecho un collar o cord\u00c3\u00b3n y en sus manos sostiene un libro. Para crear la silueta, el artista llen\u00c3\u00b3 el \u00c3\u00a1rea debajo del vestido con una aguada (tinta diluida). Como en otros retratos, peg\u00c3\u00b3 por separado un par de zapatos a la vestimenta."}], "creditLine": [{"label": "Credit Line", "content": "National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Robert L. 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