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Portrait of Elizabeth Story Perkins

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1815-1820

GUSN

GUSN-245599

Description

Portrait of Elizabeth Story Perkins (1778-1864), wife of Thomas Perkins (1965.136), wearing a black dress with white ruff and bonnet. Daughter of Daniel and Ruth (Burnham) Story of Essex and Dunbarton, NH. Mother of Dr. Henry Coit Perkins (1965.137). Oil on paper. One of three Perkins family portraits.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
oil paint (paint)
paper (fiber product)
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

19 7/16 x 15 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift from Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1965.135

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