Collection Highlights
Memorial sample card
Date:
Object Number:
1947.490a
Medium:
Watercolor and hair on ivory
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Luce Center
Mrs. Ann Quinlan (ca. 1800-?)
Object Number:
1946.341
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 1 11/16 in. ( 5.7 x 4.3 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject was reportedly living in Philadelphia when this portrait was painted. She may have been related to John Quinlan, a shopkeeper of 107 Walnut Street, the only person with this surname listed in the Philadelphia City Directory during the first two decades of the 19th century.
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
