Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 183.
Speakes, Vera Jacobs, "Mississippi Portraiture," Laurel, MS: National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Mississippi and the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, 1987, pg. 183.
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Summary:
Portrait of Ayres Phillips Merrill with his body turned to the left and his gaze directed toward the viewer. He wears a dark jacket, a white waistcoat, and a white shirt with a high collar.