Portrait #930

Additional Details

  • Subject/Title:Gard, Mary Vanttorne
  • Artist:Unknown
  • Date Created:1840
  • Owner/Location:Private Collection
  • Frame Dimensions:28" x 34"
  • Image Dimensions:24" x 30"
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  • Materials/Media:Oil on canvas
  • Date Documented:1 October 2007
  • Condition:Fair
  • Description:Head and Shoulders life-size image of older woman wearing black dress with white collar trimmed with lace. lace, veil-like shawl drapes over head and onto shoulders.
  • History:Inherited by present owner
  • Notes:Called "Aunt Gard" by family members. Her sister "Aunt Rush" was wife of Benjamin Rush, George Washington's Physician