Marie Seipp Lefens (1855-1937), (painting).

Marie Seipp Lefens (1855-1937), (painting).

Salisbury, Frank O., 1874-1962, painter.

Marie Seipp Lefens (1855-1937), (painting).

ca. 1924 or 1930.

Digital Reference:

36 x 44 in. or 36 x 28 in.

Portrait of Marie Seipp Lefens as an older woman with white hair. She wears a grey dress with white lace collar and cuffs.

Portrait female -- Lefens, Thies Jacob, Mrs. (Marie Seipp) -- Waist length

Restricted Owner, Burr Ridge, Illinois

Marie Seipp was the daughter of Conrad Seipp and his first wife. She was the mother of Meta Lefens (Chattilon), grandmother of Mary Chattilon (Dunning), great grandmother of Meta Dunning (Melby), and great great grandmother of Susan Seipp Melby, Garrett Denison Melby, and Mark Schuyler Melby.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Illinois, "Illinois Portrait and Sculpture Index," 1996.

National Society of Colonial Dames, Illinois, 2011.

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