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Mrs. Jacob Myers

Description

Half-length portrait shows Miriam Etting Myers (Mrs. Jacob Myers) (1787-1808) as a young woman with black upswept hair, seen with body to left in profile with head forward. She wears white dress with scooped neckline. Image has blue-gray background.

Date

1805

Materials

Watercolor on ivory

Object ID

xx.3.97

Resource ID

8021

Notes

Attributed to Benjamin Trott.

Credit Line

Eleanor S. Cohen Collection, Gift of Eleanor S. Cohen

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.