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Portrait
#1436
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Subject/Title:
| Thillon, Anna |
| Artist: | Shoettel, Charles NYC (attrib.) |
| Date
Created: | ca. 1840-1852 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 8 3/4 x 7 |
| Image Dimensions: | 6 1/2 x 5 |
| Materials/Media: | Watercolor on paper |
| Date Documented: | 21 May 2008 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | American watercolor of Anna Thillon in the play "The Crown of Diamonds," ca. 1840-52. She wears a dress with a blue skirt, red off-the shoulder bodice with long sleeves and large yellow cuffs with lace trim and white gloves. She also wears a large red hat with feathers or plumes. |
| History of Work: | Found in album of Charles Shoettel (album bound by John Walker, Book Binder, Corner of Walker & Eldridge Sts., NYC). The album descended in the family of John D. Ottiwell, who served in the 7th regiment of the NYC volunteers and was a delegate to the 1868 Republican Convention. The album remained in that family until April 2002.
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