Mary Orwig Everett

Portrait of S.H.M. Byers

“Portrait of Major S.H.M. Byers” by Mary Orwig Everett

Oil on canvas, signature in lower right, “M. Everett.”

The painting is of Major S.H.M. Byers as an older man and was done at his Des Moines home, “St. Helens,” on Terrace Road. The artist gave the painting to the Des Moines Women’s Club during the 1946-47 club year.