Perkins Family Coat of Arms

DraftsmanDrawn by Charlotte Perkins American, 1790 - 1873

SchoolTaught at Patten school American, 1785 - 1825

Dateabout 1804

MediumWatercolor on silk

ClassificationsTextiles

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Alfred H. Terry

Object number1980.23.8

Inscribed"BY THE NAME OF PERKINS" is written in the white banner beneath the shield.

According to information in the object file, a label on the back of the coat of arms reads, "Painted about 1804 by/ Charlotte Perkins 1790-1878/ d. of Enoch & Anna (Pitkin)/ Perkins - b. & d. in a house on/ Main St. where the 'Linden'/ now stands - opp. McCook house".

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