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Oil on canvas portrait painting of Judith Solomon Cohen (Mrs. Israel I. Cohen) (1766-1837), ca. 1830-1835, by an unattributed American. Judith was born and raised in Bristol, England. In 1787, she married Israel I. Cohen (1751-1803), of the prominent Jewish Cohen family of Richmond, and returned to the United States with him. The couple had…

Judith Solomon Cohen (Mrs. Israel I. Cohen)

Description

Oil on canvas portrait painting of Judith Solomon Cohen (Mrs. Israel I. Cohen) (1766-1837), ca. 1830-1835, by an unattributed American. Judith was born and raised in Bristol, England. In 1787, she married Israel I. Cohen (1751-1803), of the prominent Jewish Cohen family of Richmond, and returned to the United States with him. The couple had ten children. Following her husbands death, in 1808, Judith and seven of her children moved to Baltimore.

Creator

Date

circa 1830-1835

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

1947.22.1

Resource ID

5075

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Harriett Cohen Coale

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

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