Mary Ann Appler Abbett (1810-1848), (painting).

Mary Ann Appler Abbett (1810-1848), (painting).

Dickinson, Anson, 1779-1852, painter.

Mary Ann Appler Abbett (1810-1848), (painting).

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Watercolor on ivory.

Portrait female -- Abbett, Thomas Middleton, Mrs. (Mary Ann Appler) -- Bust

Restricted Owner, Birmingham, Alabama

Formerly in the collection of Abbett, Henry M., Mr. & Mrs.,

Mason, Frances Chancellor Abbett,

Mary Ann Appler Abbett (1810-1948) of Washington DC, Lancaster County, Virginia, and Baltimore, Maryland, was the daughter of Dr. David Appler and the wife of Thomas Middleton Abbett.

The painting descended to the sitter's son Henry M. Abbett (b. 1835) who married Jane Hall Chancellor (1837-1897) of Forest Hall, Chancellorsville, and Oak Grove, all in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Jane was the daughter of Major Sanford Chancellor and Frances Longwill Pound Chancellor. Jane was at Chancellorsville with her mother Fannie during the Union occupancy. The painting was inherited by their daughter Frances Chancellor Abbett Mason (1868-1938), an artist of Alabama and Atlanta, Georgia.

For additional information see: "Anson Dickinson: The Celebrated Miniature Painter, 1779-1852" by Mona Leithiser Dearborn (Hartford: The Connecticut Historical Society, 1983), pg. 164.

Nelson, David, 2017.

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