Painting
- Title:
- Abbie Packer Vaughan
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1947.007.32
- Creator:
- Hamill, J. F.
- Date:
- circa 1880
- Description:
- Miniature portrait of Abbie Packer Vaughan (1838-1920), c. 1880, by J. F. Hamill. Watercolor on ivory. Bust-length oval portrait of a woman, facing slightly left; eyes toward viewer. Sitter has blonde hair and blue eyes. She is wearing a green ribbon in hair, possibly a hat, and a light green dress with dark green bows and embellishments. Light blue hatched background in an oval shape. Signed lower right: "J.F.Hamill". Paper label with typed inscription case reverse: "Abbie (Packer) / Vaughan (Mrs. Geo. / T.) Mother of Miss / Bertha Vaughan. / From B. Vaughan's / estate. Portsmouth / N.H. 1947." Gilded metal oval frame, decorative edge, glazed.
- Material:
- Skeletal
Ivory
Metal
Glass - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-2 inches
- Provenance:
- Donor's ancestors on at least three branches of her family lived in the Piscataqua region since the 17th century.
Abbie E. Packer Vaughn (Mrs. George T.) lived 1838-1920. - Credit Line:
- Bequest of Bertha Vaughan
- Subjects:
- Miniatures (Paintings), Portrait miniatures
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