Oval walnut and gilt fame; drawing portrait black-haired woman in brown, long-sleeved dress and white lace collar. Pencil inscription on back panel reads: "Your great Aunt, Louise Chandler Coverly/ Granpa Chandler's sister for whom I was named."
portraits
drawings (visual works)
ink
oil pastels
Picture
Portrait
Ink
Pastel
Portrait
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Louise Chandler Coverly
Unknown
18.375 x 15.375 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.117
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