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Photographic print of an oil painting portait bust of Mrs. Margaret Appleton Peele. She is sitting in a chair and wears a white shawl around her shoulders. She has a white lace collar and is wearing a white bonnet with a jewel pinned at the center.
photographs
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Print, Photographic
"Mrs. Margaret (Appleton) Peele / Photograph made in 1902 from the original portrait in oil, / painted on wood in 1820 by Frothingham, now in possession of / Miss Katherine Phillips of Salem. / Margaret Appleton was the daughter of John Appleton a mer- / chant of Salem, and was born January 19, 1772. She died / 18__. She married May 12, 1800, William Peele of Salem. They had / four children who lived to grow up; Jane Appleton Peele; Margaret / Mason Peele; Jonathan Willard Peele and Catherine Sparhawk Peele." (typed)
Peele, Margaret Appleton, 1772-1838
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P327
Reproduction of Frothingham, James, 1786-1864 (Artist)
11 7/16 x 9 14/16 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.750
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