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Mrs. Samuel Johnston

Description

Portrait of Elizabeth North Johnston as an older woman with gray hair worn under a white bonnet. She wears a white fichu, an ornate cape, and a white waist ribbon over a yellow dress with white lace cuffs at the ends of her three-quarter sleeves. She holds a small snuff box or memento in her right hand while her left elbow rests on a table. A book is laid open face-down on the table. A red drape is pulled back to reveal a brown-gray background.

Date

circa late 18th century

Materials

Oil on canvas

Object ID

1986.111.2

Resource ID

7929

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles C. Fenwick Jr, Mrs. David Ingales Jr, and Mrs. George Strawbridge

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.