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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Bridget Duncan (c. 1795 - 1807)
Date Made:late 18th-early 19th century
Type:Painting
Materials:oil on canvas
Place Made:United States
Measurements:stretcher: 27 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.; 69.215 x 65.405 cm
Narrative Inscription:  unsigned, undated
Accession Number:  SC 1962.7
Credit Line:Gift of Berenice R. Tuttle, class of 1902, in memory of her sister, Doris Tuttle Braislin, class of 1917
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
upper torso of an old woman seated in a chair in plain dress and cap with rose colored background; woman; costume/uniform; portrait

Label Text:
The subject of this flinty and striking portrait has been identified as Bridget Duncan of Billerica and Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the work of an experienced limner; however, the artist's identity remains a mystery. Duncan was a Worcester resident and descendant of one of the first families of Billerica. In 1743 she married Simon Duncan, a Worcester farmer and also a descendant of the founders of Billerica. Together the couple had nine children, Bridget Duncan died in Worcester on April 4, 1807.

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