Painting
- Title:
- Jemima Fisher Harris
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1946.025
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1900
- Description:
- Portrait of Jemima Fisher Harris (1770-1815), artist unknown, c. 1900. Oil on canvas. Half-length portrait of a woman, turned slightly to right; eyes toward viewer. She is wearing a sheer lace cap tied with a bow under chin, black dress with full sleeves, and a gold ring on sitter's left hand. She is sitting on sofa; sitter's right arm is resting on a burl-inlay arm; she is holding eyeglasses with both hands on her lap. Dark brown background. Unsigned. Paper label on frame reverse: "FRED'K. KEER'S SONS / FRAMERS / and / FINE ART / DEALERS / 917 BROAD ST. / NEWARK, N.J." Pencil inscription on the frame reverse: "RP March 14, 1941 / Scranton, Pa." Brass nameplate on frame: "MRS JEMIMA FISHER HARRIS / 1770-1815". Gilded gesso over molded wood frame, textured.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas
Wood - Dimensions:
- H-31 W-24.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Jemima Fisher Harris and Walter Harris were the great-great-grandparents of the donor, Ruth Harris Gunster (Mrs. Joseph F.).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ruth Harris Gunster
- Subjects:
- Clergy, Clerics, Religion, Congregational churches
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