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Object Name
Oil Painting - "Mabel Clark McNeill"
Object Number
1982-13-2
Description
Oil on canvas portrait of Mabel Clark McNeill, mother of Edwin McNeill. Painting shows a woman in a white cap wearing a dark dress and white collar fastened with a brooch at the neck.
Comment
Mabel Clark McNeill (1791-1864) was the daughter of Ebenezer Clark and Mary Tompkins Clark. She was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on September 27, 1791. In December 1810 she married Isaac McNeill. A gardener of ability, she designed East Cemetery in Litchfield, Connecticut. Of her four children the best known was Edwin McNeill, Professor of Engineering at Norwich University, Norwich, Vermont. He also developed the Litchfield to Danbury and Baltimore to New York railways.
Category
Communication Artifacts
Maker
Date Made
ca. 1850
Dimensions
Height 39"; Width 35.5"
Materials
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