Mrs. Ebenezer Porter (Lucy "Patty" Pierce Merwin)

Ralph Eleazer Whiteside Earl

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Ralph Eleazer Whiteside Earl (American, ca. 1785–1838). Mrs. Ebenezer Porter (Lucy "Patty" Pierce Merwin), 1804. Oil on canvas, 45 13/16 x 36 1/2 in. (116.4 x 92.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Edgar W. Garbisch, 51.217. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Mrs. Ebenezer Porter (Lucy "Patty" Pierce Merwin)

Date

1804

Medium

Oil on canvas

Classification

Painting

Dimensions

45 13/16 x 36 1/2 in. (116.4 x 92.7 cm)

Signatures

Signed verso lower center: "Mrs. Patty Porter (decorative mark) / R. Earl pinxit, 1804"

Credit Line

Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Edgar W. Garbisch

Accession Number

51.217

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