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Museum purchase, 1969.19.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rebecca Spooner Green
Museum purchase, 1969.19.1 © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Rebecca Spooner Green

Dateabout 1800
MediumMiniature; watercolor on ivory in wooden frame with metal and paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width of image): 3 x 2 1/2in. (7.6 x 6.4cm)
Frame (height x width): 5 1/2 x 4 1/2in. (14 x 11.4cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionBust-length miniature portrait of an elderly woman facing to her left. She has gray eyes and wears a white bonnet with black ribbon, white pearls around lower neck and a black dress with white collar. Set in brass oval, which is set into black wood frame with brass clip and loop at top for suspension. Back of frame is covered with brown paper, handwritten across back in ink, "Rebecca Spooner - /wife of /Timothy Green /born Aug 2nd 1743 /died Feb 8th 1806".
Object number1969.19.1
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