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Oil portrait of Mary McKinstry Willis. She is seated with her left arm resting on a green chair. She wears a cream lace bonnet and a black dress with a red shawl; she has brown hair and light brown eyes. Gilt frame.
oil paintings (visual works)
portraits
oil paint (paint)
canvas
wood (plant material)
gesso
Painting
"Mary McKinstry Willis 1770-1847" (Metal plate attached to frame.)
"Copy Mary McKinstry Willis 1770-1847, Mother of Mary Willis, wife of Hon. James Duncan" (handwritten)
Willis, Mary McKinstry, 1770-1847
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P189
FA112
After Cole, Joseph Greenleaf, 1803-1858 (Artist)
36 10/16 x 28 12/16 x 1 13/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.612
1900-1925 (Date of copy)
Title Benjamin Willis Accession Number 2006.44.611
Title Portrait of Mary McKinstry Willis (1770-1847) Accession Number 2006.44.616
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