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Maria Louisa Hyde Pratt (Mrs. Enoch Pratt)

Description

Oil on canvas portrait painting of Maria Louisa Hyde Pratt (1818-1911) by Thomas Buchanan Read (1822-1872). Maria married famous merchant, capitalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore in 1837. She is buried in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.

Date

circa 1860

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

1951.103.1

Resource ID

5099

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.