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Two painted miniature portraits of Stephen Clarendon Phillips and his wife Jane Appleton Peele Phillips, framed together under a green marie-louise. They are represented in bust, facing the viewer. Reproductions of miniatures possibly painted by Anna Claypoole Peale.
miniatures (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
paint (coating)
wood (plant material)
Painting
"Established 1820/John H. Reeves/ Picture Framer and Gilder/ 293, Essex Street, Salem, MASS./ Opposite Y.M.C.A." (Sticker of the framer, affixed on the back of the frame)
"Stephen C. Phillips and his/wife Jane Appleton (Peele) Phillips./ from miniatures painted by Miss Peale of Washington/ the one of S.C.P. belonged to his daughter, Miss Katherine Phillips/ and was burned in great fire of 1914. The other belongs/ to Mrs. Jane A. Mifflin./ Labelled in 1915 by Stephen W. Phllips" (ink-written)
Phillips, Stephen C. (Stephen Clarendon), 1801-1857
Phillips, Jane Appleton Peele, 1802-1837
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P595
Possibly Peale, Anna Claypoole, 1791-1878 (Artist)
Reeves, John H., Mr. (Framer)
Salem, Massachusetts
6 8/16 x 9 1/16 x 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1018
Massachusetts (United States)
Salem (Essex county, Massachusetts)
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