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Half-length portrait of Catherine Augusta McEvers Birckhead (1795-1868), wife of Hugh McCulloch Birckhead (1788-1853). She has dark straight hair parted at center and she wears a dark V-necked dress with fichu, brooch at breast, green shawl, and white veil with tassels.

Catherine Augusta McEvers Birckhead

Description

Half-length portrait of Catherine Augusta McEvers Birckhead (1795-1868), wife of Hugh McCulloch Birckhead (1788-1853). She has dark straight hair parted at center and she wears a dark V-necked dress with fichu, brooch at breast, green shawl, and white veil with tassels.

Creator

Date

circa 1845

Materials

Gouache and watercolor

Object ID

1941.10.7

Accession Number

1941.10

Resource ID

5064

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William Duncan McKim

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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