Portrait of a seated woman holding book, white bonnet, on column base.
portraits
paintings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
Portrait
Painted in print at center bottom: ""L.H./ AE [?] 64"" In pen script on reverse, upper right, is ""Lydia Haskell/ Married to Alex. Mitchell a Scotchman/ Not true./ Mother of the Lydia Haskell/ who married Alexander Mitchell"" Printed label on backing, center top, reads ""Foster Bros.,/ Pictures & Frames,/ 4 Park Square,/ Boston./ 2303""
Mitchell, Lydia Haskell
Attributed to Penniman, John Ritto, 1782-1841
Foster Brothers (Framer)
Boston, MA, USA
12 x 10.375 x 1.375 (HxWxD) (inches)
1948.120
Massachusetts (United States)
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