Mrs. John Bliss (Anna Watson) (I772/3-1836), (painting).

Mrs. John Bliss (Anna Watson) (I772/3-1836), (painting).

Fisher, Alvan, 1792-1863, painter.

Mrs. John Bliss (Anna Watson) (I772/3-1836), (painting).

29 1/2 x 25 in. (74.9 x 63.5 cm).

Portrait female -- Bliss, John, Mrs. (Anna Watson) -- Bust

Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Accession Number: 1948.528

Formerly in the collection of Bliss, John, Mrs. (Anna Watson), 1926.

Bequest of Watson, Rosa, 1948.

Bequest of Watson, Cecile A. Watson, 1948.

Anna Watson Bliss was the daughter of John and Anna (Bliss) Watson. She married her first cousin John Bliss ca. 1793.

Wadsworth Atheneum, 1974.

Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 367-368.

Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, fig. 208.

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