Mrs. Rufus Hitchcock (Hannah Lewis) (1769-99), (painting).

Mrs. Rufus Hitchcock (Hannah Lewis) (1769-99), (painting).

Earle, painter.

Mrs. Rufus Hitchcock (Hannah Lewis) (1769-99), (painting).

Approx. 30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.).

(Back:) Earle Paintr (sic) signed

Portrait of a woman wearing a floral wreath in her long brown hair. She has dark features and porcelain skin. She wears long earrings and a pearl necklace with a large pendant or brooch hanging from it; the brooch is monogrammed. In her proper left hand she is holding a book. She wears a ring on her proper left hand.

Portrait female -- Hitchcock, Rufus, Mrs. (Hannah Lewis) -- Waist length

Connecticut Historical Society, 1 Elizabeth St., Hartford, Connecticut 06105

IAP files contain sitter biographical information.

Connecticut Historical Society, 1989.

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