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Phillips, Edith

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Biography

Edith was one of the seven children of Ann Maria Stow and her husband George Phillips. Her grandparents were Edward [c. 1768-1845] and Nancy Brewer Peck Stow of Boston. Edward Stow worked in Boston and in Philadelphia, where he also served as agent for the artist Gilbert Stuart, who painted his portrait, now in NGA (1942.8.23). Three of Edith's siblings were John, Ann Broadhurst, and Norah. [Compiled from sources and references recorded on CMS]

Bibliography

1885
Phillips, Albert M. Phillips Genealogies. Auburn, MA, 1885: 184
1995
Miles, Ellen G. American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1995: 227-228 (on Stuart's portrait of Edward Stow)

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