Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
Depicted
Jane Phyfe Thomson
(American, 1823 – 1882)
Suggested Attribution
Charles Wesley Jarvis
(American, 1812 – 1868)
Mrs. John Thomson (ca. 1823-1882)
ca. 1860
Oil on canvas
Overall: 34 × 27 in. (86.4 × 68.6 cm)
Gift of Bessie and May Carroll
1966.52
Jane Eliza Phyfe was the daughter of John Phyfe and Jane (McNeish) Phyfe, and a cousin of the noted New York cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe. She married John Thomas, a New York dry goods merchant, on March 15, 1843. Her portrait was a gift to the Society from her granddaughters.
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