Artist/Maker
Washington Blanchard
(1808 – 1855)
Related person
Clarissa Wright
(1804 - 1870)
Mrs. Silas Wright Jr. (Clarissa Moody, 1804-1870)
1842
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 4 11/16 x 3 3/4 in. ( 11.9 x 9.5 cm )
Purchase, The Louis Durr Fund
1956.193
Clarissa Moody was the daughter of Medad Moody of Canton, New York. She met her husband, whose father had long been a friend of her father, while he was boarding at the Moody residence. The couple was married on September 11, 1833.
Markingssigned and dated: lower right: "Washington Blanchard 1842"
ClassificationsMINIATURES
Alexander Anderson
ca. 1820
1912.7
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