Portrait of a Woman, possibly Abigail Dewey180634 1/2 x 29 "Oil on canvasPartial gift of Eileen M. Smiles and David A. Schorsch, and museum purchase with major funds provided by the Eva Feld Acquisition Fund and Irwin and Elizabeth V. Warren, and additional funds from Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Michael I. and Joan Murtagh Frankel, Drs. Suzanne and Michael Payne, Joanne and Fred Siegmund, Nancy Kollisch and Jeffrey Pressman, Brett A. Robbins, Su-Ellyn Stern and Andrew McMaster2016.12.101556715301James BrownPaintingsThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.'J. Brown Pinx L / Oct 2nd. 1806" and "---Dewey AE.t 36' versoUnited StatesMassachusettsPaintingsObject information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgA possible identification of the sitter may be Abigail Dewey born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1769 and died September 3, 1853 in Fabius, Onondaga, New York. Stockbridge is 38 miles from Williamstown, Massachusetts, where Brown also painted portraits of the Sloan family in 1806.18061806 2016 12 1 Object information is a work in progress and may be updated with new research. Records are reviewed and revised, and the American Folk Art Museum welcomes additional information.
To help improve this record, please email photoservices@folkartmuseum.orgA possible identification of the sitter may be Abigail Dewey born in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1769 and died September 3, 1853 in Fabius, Onondaga, New York. Stockbridge is 38 miles from Williamstown, Massachusetts, where Brown also painted portraits of the Sloan family in 1806.