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Portrait of Mary Anna Capen Thacher (1840-1925)

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860-1870

GUSN

GUSN-53290

Description

Watercolor portrait of a woman, Mary Anna Capen Thacher (1840-1925), short brown hair parted in middle, wearing a white dress. Oval gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Painting

Inscription

"Mary Anna Capen Thacher (1840-1925) daughter of Hon. Nahum Capen (1804-1886); wife of Alfred Churchill Thacher (1836-1883), All of Dorchester, Mass." (Pen script on paper label)

Associated Person

Thacher, Mary Anna Capen, 1840-1925

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

21 x 18 x 1 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Miss Maria H. Thacher

Accession Number

1942.1147

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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