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Eleanor Darnall

Description

Oil on canvas portrait painting of "Eleanor Darnall" (1704-1796), ca. 1710, by Justus Englehardt Kuhn. Eleanor was born at "The Woodyard," in Prince George's County to Anne Digges Darnall (1685-ca. 1750) and Henry Darnall II (1682-1759). She was one of very few women in colonial America to attend school and was sent to Europe to complete her education. Around 1727, she married Daniel Carroll (1696-1751), a wealthy merchant, and Irish immigrant. The couple had eight children, seven of whom survived into adulthood. She was mother to several important Marylanders, including Daniel Carroll II (1730-1796), a founding father of the United States, and John Carroll (1735-1815), Archbishop of Baltimore and founder of Georgetown University. Eleanor never remarried, and lived an astonishingly long life for that era, passing away at 92 years of age. She is buried at Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church Cemetery in Forest Glen, Montgomery County, Maryland.

Date

circa 1710

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

54 x 44 inches

Object ID

1912.1.5

Accession Number

1912.1

Resource ID

5030

Notes

Donor was a descendant of the sitter.

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Ellen C. Daingerfield

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.