Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles A. Lamb (1829-1893)
Date:
1878
Object Number:
1893.2
Medium:
Oil on millboard
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Mrs. William Lloyd Garrison (1810-1876)
Object Number:
1954.162
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on linen
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
signed: left: "E. B."
Gallery Label:
Helen Eliza Benson was the daughter of George Benson, a prosperous merchant and bank of Providence, R. I., and a strong abolitionist. She met William Lloyd Garrison at an antislavery meeting in April 1833, and in September 1834 they were married.
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
