Mrs. John Harvey (Mary Lea), (painting).

Mrs. John Harvey (Mary Lea), (painting).

Blackburn, Joseph, active 1752-1778, painter.

Mrs. John Harvey (Mary Lea), (painting).

Portrait of Mrs. John Harvey seated with her body turned slightly to the left, her gaze directed toward the viewer, her right hand holding a fan in her lap, and her left hand holding an open book vertically in her lap. She wears a dark dress adorned with lace trim on the sleeves and collar, and on her head she wears a lace veil.

Portrait female -- Harvey, John, Mrs. (Mary Lea) -- Waist length

Dress -- Accessory -- Fan

Dress -- Accessory -- Veil

Object -- Written Matter -- Book

Harvey, Eugenius, Dr. & Mrs.,

Saunders, Richard H., and Ellen G. Miles, "American Colonial Portraits 1700-1776," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, 1987, pg. 192.

Saunders, Richard H., and Ellen G. Miles, "American Colonial Portraits 1700-1776," Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Portrait Gallery, 1987, pg. 192.

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