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Painting Collection of the Maryland Historical Society
Jane Grant Gilmor Howard (Mrs. Benjamin Chew Howard)
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Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
Jane Grant Gilmor Howard (Mrs. Benjamin Chew Howard) c. 1820
Oil on canvas
29 59/64 x 25 7/64 in.(76 x 63.8 cm.)
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1979-84-2
  About the Artist
  Artist: Thomas Sully (1783-1872)
  About the Artwork
  Medium: Painting
Description: Half-length portrait shows Jane Grant Gilmor Howard (Mrs. Benjamin Chew Howard): woman with short, curly, black hair tied with blue and white scarf. She wears dress with low, square neck and blue-purple bodice. White underdress forms sleeves. She is seated in red chair. Image has brown-red background.
Sitter's Life Dates: 1801-1890
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: None
 
 
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