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Paul Smith and Hannah Eells Palmer

American

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The image depicts a man shown from the waist up. He is facing slightly to the right, with his left arm draped over the back of a red chair and his right hand resting on his lap. He has a fair complexion, clean-shaven face, prominent cheekbones, and deep-set eyes. His short light brown hair is slightly tousled. The man is wearing a black coat, a black waistcoat, a white high-collared shirt, and a black cravat. The background is a muted dark brown color.
Erastus Salisbury Field, Paul Smith Palmer, 1835/1838, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1971.83.4

Paul Smith Palmer

Erastus Salisbury Field · 1835/1838 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1971.83.4

Erastus Salisbury Field, Mrs. Paul Smith Palmer and Her Twins, 1835/1838, oil on canvas, Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1971.83.5

Mrs. Paul Smith Palmer and Her Twins

Erastus Salisbury Field · 1835/1838 · oil on canvas ·  Accession ID  1971.83.5

Bibliography

1881

  • Palmer, Noyes F. Volume I of the Palmer Records. Proceedings or Memorial Volume of the First Palmer Family Re-union held at Stonington, Connecticut.... Brooklyn, 1881: 185, 274.

1966

  • Wheeler, Richard Anson. History of the Town of Stonington. Mystic, Connecticut, 1966: 522, 526.