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Recent Accessions to the Society's Museum Collections : Portraits of Captain and Mrs. Isaac Manchester

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

Date

1964

GUSN

GUSN-169744

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Description

The unsigned portraits of Capt. and Mrs. Isaac Manchester are believed to have been painted by Cephas Thompson, an artist better known in the southern states than in his native New England. Susan Parsons article takes a look at these paintings, part of SPNEA's museum collection.

Details

Additional Identification Number

Article ID 120

Collection Code

SC001

Collection Name

Old-Time New England

Reference Code

SC001.1964.055.198.003

Abstract

The unsigned portraits of Capt. and Mrs. Isaac Manchester are believed to have been painted by Cephas Thompson, an artist better known in the southern states than in his native New England. Susan Parsons article takes a look at these paintings, part of SPNEA's museum collection.

Date Notes

Volume 55, Number 198 (Fall, 1964)

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Record Details

Originator

Susan Parsons (Author)

Publications Referencing This Collection

(1964). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Description Level

Item

Place of Publication

Boston, Mass.

Publisher

Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities

Publisher Series

Old Time New England

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