3-015-834 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Portrait Of Mrs. Cyrus J. Lawrence With Her Grandson R. Lawrence Oakley, c1898. Emily Lawrence is shown interrupting her knitting to grasp her grandson’s hand as he leans over the back of her chair. The portrait was commissioned by Emily’s husband, the collector Cyrus L. Lawrence, while Cassatt was visiting her family and friends in the United States after nearly twenty years abroad.