Mrs. John Salisbury
Mrs. John Salisbury
Mrs. John Salisbury
Mrs. John Salisbury

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Mrs. John Salisbury,

1813

Eliab Metcalf, 1785–1834; born Franklin, MA; died New York, NY
2021-257

Information

Title
Mrs. John Salisbury
Dates

1813

Maker
Eliab Metcalf
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
21.4 × 18.3 cm (8 7/16 × 7 3/16 in.) mount: 27.6 × 22.9 cm (10 7/8 × 9 in.) frame: 39 × 36 × 2.5 cm (15 3/8 × 14 3/16 × 1 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Stuart P. Feld, Class of 1957, and Sue K. Feld
Object Number
2021-257
Signatures
Signed and dated, lower left: E. Metcalf, 1813, New York
Inscription
Inscribed, lower right: Mrs. John Salisbury nee Norton
Culture
American
Type
drawings, watercolors
Materials
watercolor, paper (fiber product)
Subject
figures (representations), sitting, portraits

2021-present, gift to Princeton University Art Museum

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