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Portrait of Mrs. Ann Owen Tiernan

Description

Half-length portrait of Mrs. Ann Owen Tiernan (1775-1841) seated wearing a bonnet, a black dress, high white collar, and stole. Tiernan was the second president of the Baltimore Orphan Asylum and a manager of the Female Humane Association Charity School.

Date

1826

Materials

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Painting: 35.5 H x 27.5 W inches; Frame: 44.25 H x 36 inches

Object ID

2015.8

Accession Number

2015.8

Resource ID

7992

Notes

Signed "J. Wattles, 1826."

Credit Line

Gift of The Woodbourne Center, a Nexus Family Member

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.