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Mary Fish Silliman

From Fairfield Museum
Date manufactured/created
circa 1795
Created by
Reuben Moulthrop
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. 
Object Type
portraitsoil paintings (visual works)paintings (visual works)
Artist Name
[500026334] Moulthrop, Reuben (Persons, Artists) - American painter and sculptor, 1763-1814
Subjects
Portrait painting, American [info:lc/authorities/subjects/sh85105129]
Names & Organizations
Silliman, Mary Fish Noyes, 1736-1818 [info:lc/authorities/names/n93003203]
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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