National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565 Accession Number: 1985.20.1 (2679)
Date:
Ca. 1774
Notes:
Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995.
National Gallery of Art, 1976, 1988, 1990.
Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966.
Miles, Ellen G., "American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century," Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 41.
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Summary:
Three-quarter-length seated portrait of Abigail Smith Babcock (1744-1777) wearing a rose-colored dress, gold belt with pearls, blue cape with fur trim, and a white muslin scarf on her head. She holds a gold bracelet in her hands.
