Mary Fish Silliman


From Fairfield Museum

Date manufactured/created
circa 1795
Description
This portrait of Mary Fish Silliman (1736-1811) was painted between 1794 and 1795, about five years after the death of her husband, Brigadier General Gold Selleck Silliman, a prominent patriot in the American Revolution.  There are no known portraits of General Silliman.  Mary Silliman was unusually well educated, and left a legacy of letters describing life in 18th-century Connecticut and the hardships caused by the Revolution. 
Dimensions

Measurement Notes: 36 x 32 3/4 - with frame 35 3/4 x 39
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings
Accession/ID number
1976.79