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Portrait of Jennie White

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1858

GUSN

GUSN-20061

Description

Chest-length frontal portrait of young girl, Jennie White, with brown curly hair pulled back away from her face and brown eyes. The girl is wearing an off the shoulders white shirt with a red wrap around her shoulders. In a four inch gilt oval frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Picture
Portrait
Oil on Canvas
Portrait

Inscription

Written in pencil on the back of the frame: ""M.C. Boyd""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Jane Ross (Jennie) White

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

28.5 x 24.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.294

Places

Maine (United States)

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