Unidentified artist, Mehitable Cutts Appleton Drown, ca. 1806

Painting

Portsmouth Historical Society

Photo, S. Ion

Name/Title

Unidentified artist, Mehitable Cutts Appleton Drown, ca. 1806

Entry/Object ID

207

Description

Oil painting portrait of Mehitable Cutts Appleton Drown (1781-1862) in simple wooden guilt frame. Head and shoulders portrait of a woman in a light colored empire gown. The background is dark. Mehitable Cutts Appleton of Portsmouth married Thomas Pickering Drown. Collection also includes a small b/w photograph of the sitter as an older woman, in oval frame, with family geneaology inscribed on the back. In the PHS collection at Portsmouth Athenaeum. It also has the LR168 sticker.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil

Collection

Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial Collection

Acquisition

Accession

207

Source or Donor

Ferree, Annie Appleton

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Annie Appleton Ferree

Made/Created

Artist

Dame, George

Date made

circa 1806

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

UDF21: modern paper label on bottom back right corner: “Ferree”; modern adhesive label on the rear bottom left corner: “EBC 102”

General Notes

Note

Notes: She was the wife of Thomas Pickering Drown, silversmith 1781-1862 Daughter of William Appleton and Sarah Odiorne Mother of Anne Pierce Drown and other children. The family moved to Philadelphia about 1840 Status By: Kindstedt, Susan Stowe Status Date: 1999-01-30