Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Fall 2022
Journal Title
The Journal of San Diego History
Volume Number
68
Issue Number
3-4
First Page
139
Last Page
182
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Disciplines
American Art and Architecture | History | Painting | United States History | Women's History | Women's Studies
Abstract
Dorothea Webster Mitchell participated in the career of her husband, a well-known plein air artist Alfred R. Mitchell working in San Diego, California. The article reconstructs Dorothea's subjectivity, or changing conceptions of herself as a creative and artistic woman who found herself enmeshed in her husband's life and work.
Digital USD Citation
McClain, Molly, "Portrait of the Artist’s Wife: Dorothea Webster Mitchell, 1894-1985" (2022). History: Faculty Scholarship. 39.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/history_facpub/39
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