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Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Margaret Brown Shaffer (1778-1842). She is portrayed seated behind a table with her right hand pointing to a phrase in her bible while her left hand touches her chin. She wears a black dress with three-quarter length sleeves with a black shawl wrapped around her shoulders. A white head covering sits…

Elizabeth Margaret Brown Shaffer

Description

Half-length portrait of Elizabeth Margaret Brown Shaffer (1778-1842). She is portrayed seated behind a table with her right hand pointing to a phrase in her bible while her left hand touches her chin. She wears a black dress with three-quarter length sleeves with a black shawl wrapped around her shoulders. A white head covering sits upon her light brown hair.

Creator

Date

circa 1820-1830

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

BCLM-6.1991.1

Resource ID

5013

Credit Line

Collection of the Mayor and City of Baltimore

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.