Artist/Maker
John Wesley Jarvis
(American, 1780 – 1840)
Maria McKesson (1742-1829)
ca. 1815
Oil on canvas
Overall: 36 x 28 in. ( 91.4 x 71.1 cm )
Gift of Mrs. Irving McKesson
1959.69
The subject, also known as Mary and Aunt Polly, was the younger daughter of Alexander McKesson, who emigrated to America from Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1731, and Mary (Ward) McKesson. She was born at Fogges Manor, Chester, Pennsylvania. When her bachelor brother John (1734-96) moved to New York, she accompanied him and kept house for him.
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