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Elizabeth Eggington (1656-1664), (painting). Artist:  Unknown, painter. Title:  Elizabeth Eggington (1656-1664), (painting). Dates:  1664. Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  36 1/4 x 29 3/4 in. (92.1 x 75.6 cm). Inscription:  (Right of head:) - 1664 - (Left of head:) ANNO DOMINI Description:  This portrait of Elizabeth Eggington, one of the two earliest-known date seventeenth century New England portraits, was executed just before or just after the sitter's death. She wears a Holland hood, a white apron, and an elaborate gown adorned with yellow, green, and red bows at the elbows and neck. For jewelry she wears a gold and pearl pendant necklace and a portrait miniature of a man. In her left hand she holds a white feather fan. Subject:  Portrait female -- Eggington, Elizabeth -- Knee length Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut 06103 Accession Number: 1956.93 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Shepard, Mary Webster (possibly), Hartford, Connecticut Gilman, Eliza Shepard, Hartford, Connecticut 1848. Knight, Mary Gilman, Hartford, Connecticut 1914. Gift of Clark, Walter H., Mrs. (Julie Gilman), 1956. References:  Wadsworth Atheneum, 1974. Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, pg. 815. Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, no. 1. Illustration:  Image on file. Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, "American Paintings Before 1945 in the Wadsworth Atheneum," New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1996, plate 142. Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 06910030   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 06910030 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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