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Maker(s):Fuller, Elizabeth Brooks
Culture:American (1896-1975)
Title:William H. Abercrombie
Date Made:1939
Type:Drawing
Materials:pastel, paper, wood, glass
Place Made:United States; Massachusett; Deerfield
Measurements:overall: 19 x 14 3/8 in; 48.3 x 36.5 cm
Accession Number:  HD 85.058
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. James Douglas (Emily C.) Abercrombie
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Framed crayon on paper drawing of William Hyslop Abercrombie (1851-1940) of Deerfield, which is inscribed, "E Fuller / 1939." Elizabeth B. Fuller (1896-1975) was the daughter of George Spenser Fuller (1863-1911) and Mary Williams Field Fuller (1863-1951); her father was the son of the artist George Fuller (1822-1861), and grandson of Aaron Fuller (1786-1859) of Deerfield. In 1742, Robert Abercrombie (1712-1786) emigrated from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Pelham, Massachusetts; he and his wife, Margaret Stevenson Abercrombie (d.1765), had 10 children; their son, Isaac Abercrombie (1759-1847) married Martha McCullough (1768-1837) in 1790, and they moved from Pelham to the Cheapside section of Deerfield (now in Greenfield) about 1830. Their son, Asiel Abercrombie (1807-1874), married Elizabeth Brooks Fuller (1817-1906), the daughter of Aaron Fuller (1786-1859) and his first wife, Elizabeth Hill Fuller (d.1818) of Deerfield, in 1845. Asiel and Elizabeth Abercrombie had three children who lived: Robert (b.1846), William Hyslop, and Hattie Fuller (1860-1955); only Robert married - Ellen Margaret Crawford in 1873. Robert and Ellen's son, James Douglas Abercrombie (b.1878) was the father of James Douglas Abercrombie (1913-1978), husband of the donor. This drawing descended from William Hyslop Abercrombie to his nephew, James Douglas Abercrombie.

Label Text:
Elizabeth Brooks Fuller (1896-1979), daughter of George Spencer and Mary Williams (Field) Fuller, was born in Deerfield in 1896. For a number of years, she spent summers in the family homestead at the Bars and winters in Tucson, and later in Oracle, Arizona. Among other works, she painted portraits—these included charming portraits of children—and desert scenes. She was a founder of the Deerfield Valley Art Association, and member of the string section of the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra at the time of its founding in 1940. She was also trustee of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association and Historic Deerfield.

Subjects:
Glass

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