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Accessibility:
Call No:
  • 1920.14.1
Title:
  • Betsey Metcalf Baker
Author/Creator:
  • Lincoln, James Sullivan (Artist)
Place of Production/Origin:
Description:
  • Half length portrait of elderly woman with a white cap, a lace collar, and a brown shawl over her right arm. She is wearing a black dress and is seated in a red upholstered armchair with her hands folded in her lap.
Date(s):
  • 1858;
Collection Type:
Object Type:
Material(s):
  • paint, oil
  • canvas
Medium(s):
  • Painting
Subjects:
Research Notes:
  • Betsey Baker (1786 - 1867) married and moved to Dedham, Massachusetts. Thought to have been given to Society for Encouragement of Domestic Industries
Provenance:
Bibliographic References:
  • Goodyear Jr., Frank H. American Paintings in the Rhode Island Historical Society. Providence, RI: the Rhode Island Historical Society, 1974. Image 112, page 88.
Image ID Numbers:
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX173387w.jpg
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