5c Mary Cassatt "The Boating Party" single
Object Details
- Description
- This Mary Cassatt Issue stamp commemorated American painter, Mary Cassatt. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania in 1844, but spent most of her adult life in France. She is most closely associated with the Impressionist movement. Her subject matter typically focuses on the social and private lives of women and their families. The stamp features an image of Cassatt’s painting “The Boating Party.”
- United States; Mary Cassatt; Pennsylvania; France; painting; painter; Impressionism; movement; art; printmaker; woman
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- November 17, 1966
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5627
- Associated Person
- Mary Cassatt, American, 1845 - 1926
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1322
- Topic
- Art & Photography
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5627
