Martha Simon, Last of the Narragansetts, (painting).

Martha Simon, Last of the Narragansetts, (painting).

Bierstadt, Albert, 1830-1902, painter.

Martha Simon, Last of the Narragansetts, (painting).

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18 7/8 x 13 in.

(Lower right:) ABierstadt / MARTHA SIMON The Last of the Narragansetts 1857 signed

Portrait of Martha Simon with her body facing front and her gaze directed down to the left. Her long brown hair is tucked behind her left ear, and falls across her shoulders.

Portrait female -- Simon, Martha -- Bust

Ethnic -- Indian -- Narragansett

Millicent Library, 45 Center Street, Fairhaven, Massachusetts 02719

Formerly in the collection of Rogers, Henry Hutttleston,

The painting was presented to Henry Huttleston Rogers of Standard Oil, and he presented the painting to the Millicent Library.

Benac, Albert F., 2006.

Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, pg. 51, CL-116.

"New Bedford and Old Dartmouth: A Portrait of a Region's Past," New Bedford, MA: Old Dartmouth Historical Society, 1975, pg. 18.

Hendricks, Gordon, "Albert Bierstadt: painter of the American West," NY: H. N. Abrams, published in association with the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1974, fig. 28.

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