Mary Anne Cowles Bull (1817-1858) and Her First Child, (painting).

Mary Anne Cowles Bull (1817-1858) and Her First Child, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Mary Anne Cowles Bull (1817-1858) and Her First Child, (painting).

Digital Reference:

36 x 26 1/2 in.

Portrait of Mrs. Charles Merriman Bull (Mary Anne Cowles) seated with her body facing forward, her gaze directed off to the right, and her young child seated by her side. Mrs. Bull wears an off-the-shoulder dress with full sleeves, and her hair is pulled up in a bun at the back of her head. Her young child wears a white dress with puffed sleeves and a square neckline. The child holds up a flower in its right hand and gazes toward the viewer.

Portrait group -- Family -- Mother & Child

Portrait female -- Bull, Charles Merriman, Mrs. (Mary Ann Cowles)

Portrait -- Bull, -- Child

Object -- Flower

Reuter, Sally Gary, 402 North Walbridge Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53714

Formerly in the collection of Fairchild, Frances Bull, Mrs.,

Morris, Mary, Mrs.,

Gary, Frances Bacon,

National Society of Colonial Dames, Wisconsin, 2007.

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