Mary Amelia Foster
Unknown American, American
about 1871
Tintype
Overall: 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 in. (9.9 × 6.5 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Margaret E. Spicer
PH.2002.63.25
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in red ink, on tape, on reverse: Mary Tyler / Foster; inscribed, in blue ink, on label, on reverse: Mary Amellia Tyler b. 1826 - d. 1904 / m. 1845 Edmund Dustin Foster; / She was paternal grandmother of Rena Foster
Provenance
Mary Amelia Tyler Foster, Cheshire, Massachusetts; probably bequeathed to Elizabeth Sarah Petitcler Foster (daughter-in-law), Cheshire, Massachusetts, 1904; bequeathed to Helen Rena Foster Gearhart (daughter), Palmerton, Pennsylvania, 1942; bequeathed to Elizabeth Gearhart Spicer (daughter), Palmerton, Pennsylvania, 1946; bequeathed to Margaret Elizabeth Spicer (daughter), Norwich, Vermont, 1996; given to present collection, 2002.
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