Portrait of Mrs. Ezekiel Birdseye (Mary Kippen)

Portrait of Mrs. Ezekiel Birdseye (Mary Kippen)

PAINTING


circa 1840 (Date manufactured/created)
Artwork
Title/Subject: Mrs. Ezekial Birdseye (Mary K.) One of pair of oil on wood portraits in rectangular molded gilded wood frame; depicts Mrs. Birdseye in frontal pose to her waist; right shoulder is forward; back of red chair is visible, with drapery, to right; blue-eyed blond woman wearing transparent white shawl with pin bow & rectangular brown pin; black V-necked long-sleeved dress; pink lips & cheeks; hair with center part; small sausage curls in front.
Bequest of Emily J. Sanford
1979.3.1