Oil painting on canvas portrait of Jane Appleton Phillips. She has brown eyes and brown hair that is parted down the middle and tied back with a piece of red fabric. She is wearing a white shawl around her shoulders and a multi-colored dress. The background is a cloudy mountain scene. The wood frame is painted gold and intricately carved with a flower design around the outer border. The inner edge is oval shaped and there is decorations in each corner.
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"Jane Appleton Phillips / born March 3, 1802 / Died Dec 19, 1837" (handwritten)
"Painted by David A. Putnam after J.A.P's death." (handwritten)
"D.A.P. No. 4 1837" (handwritten)
Phillips, Jane Appleton Peele, 1802-1837
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P209
FA031
Putnam, David A (Painter)
36 7/16 x 30 14/16 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.632
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