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Object Name
Photograph - Jane Radcliffe Joy
Object Number
1976-15-1
Description
Oval photograph painted in watercolors of Jane Radcliffe Joy. She is seated wearing a black dress and black lace shawl. Her right arm rests on table covered in red cloth. Yellow curtain to the left and gas lamp visible on right wall. Framed under glass in gilt oval frame. Label on back "Jane Ellen Radcliffe/Mrs. Walter Joy/1812-1901/greatgrandmother of Joy . . . /Trouant." Second label on back of frame "Newman Galleries/1625 Walnut St. 850 W. Lancaster Ave./Philadelphia Bryn Maur/OVER 100 YEARS OF SERVICE"
Comment
Jane Ellen Radcliffe was a student at the Litchfield Female Academy. The shawl she is wearing in the photograph is also part of the Historical Society's collection, see 1976-15-2.
Category
Communication Artifacts
Date Made
ca. 1880
Dimensions
9 1/2" long x 7 1/2" wide
Materials
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Photograph - Jane Radcliffe Joy