Portrait of a Woman, possibly Mary Wheelock Woodward (1748-1807) or another member of the Woodward family
possibly Ethan Allen Greenwood, American, 1779 - 1856
about 1815
Oil on canvas
Overall: 28 × 24 in. (71.1 × 61 cm)
Frame: 33 × 29 1/4 in. (83.8 × 74.3 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Carol Magenau
2008.80.2
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Exhibition History
Woodward Room, Baker Library, 1970
Provenance
Daughter of William G. Woodward (his dates 1808-1871), sold to James Watson, Davenport, Iowa, c. 1929; sold to Mary Stubbs and William Magenau, Class of 1929, New Haven, Connecticut, 1952; given to their daughter, Carol Magenau, Hanover, NH, c. 1989; given to present collection, 2008.
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