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Gift of Mrs. J. Holdsworth Gordon, Jr, 1964.90.2, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Und…
Harriet Dickinson Cotton
Gift of Mrs. J. Holdsworth Gordon, Jr, 1964.90.2, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Harriet Dickinson Cotton

SubjectPortrait of Harriet Dickinson American, 1789 - 1857
Dateabout 1830
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 33 5/8 x 29 1/2in. (85.4 x 74.9cm)
Stretcher (height x width): 28 1/4 x 24 1/8in. (71.8 x 61.3cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Mrs. J. Holdsworth Gordon, Jr.
Object number1964.90.2
NotesSubject Note: Harriet Dickinson was born 29 August 1789 in Middletown, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Grace Redfield Dickinson and Jacob Dickinson. She married Shubael Banks Cotton (1792-1868) on 27 June 1811 in Middletown; they had four children. Harriet Dickinson Cotton died 1 October 1857 in Lafayette, Illinois.

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Gift of Mrs. J. Holdsworth Gordon, Jr, 1964.90.1, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Und…
Shubael Banks Cotton
about 1830
On deposit from the State of Connecticut, 1860.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, …
George Frederick Wright
Gift of Mrs. Clifford Burdge, 1970.3.0, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyright
Harriet Ives Bartholomew
about 1839-1840
Museum purchase, 2002.32.2. Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2008 The Connecticut Historical So…
J. Denison Crocker
1847-1860
Gift of Mary Seymour, 1885.1.2  Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2005 Connecticut Museum of Cul…
Jane Bonner
about 1698-1700
Gift of Francis H. Parker, 1903.2.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyri…
Andrew Jackson
1833
Gift of Newton C. Brainard, 1956.1.1  Photograph by David Stansbury.  © 2009 The Connecticut Hi…
Charles De Wolf Brownell
1857
Gift, Estate of Alexander J. Keeney,1970.20.1, Connecticut Historical Society, No known copyrig…
Alexander Hamilton Emmons
before 1884