Clarissa Tomlinson Sullivan (Wife of Mayor William Sullivan), (painting).

Clarissa Tomlinson Sullivan (Wife of Mayor William Sullivan), (painting).

Cox, Jacob, 1810-1892, painter.

Clarissa Tomlinson Sullivan (Wife of Mayor William Sullivan), (painting).

Digital Reference:

(Lower left:) Jacob Cox signed

Portrait of Mrs. William Sullivan seated with her body turned slightly to the left, her gaze directed off to the left and her arms resting on the arms of her chair. She wears a dark dress with lace ruffle trim around the neckline and down the bodice. Around her neck she wears a small gold necklace, and draped over her shoulders is a gold shawl. Her dark hair is parted in the middle and worn in long ringlets that frame her face.

Portrait female -- Sullivan, William, Mrs. (Clarissa Tomlinson) -- Waist length

Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry

Chegar, Richard, 3855 East 106th Street, Carmel, Indiana 46033

Clarissa Tomlinson resided in Indianapolis, and married William Sullivan on March 8, 1835.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Indiana, 2007.

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