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Mother of Exiles

Collection

Identifier: 2010.031

Scope and Contents

A grayscale print that shows an angled view of the Statue of Liberty, weeping and crowned in a ring of stars. An inscription beneath the stars reads, "La Dame de Bedloe" and the title of the piece is a bottom, with the tilted o's charateristic of Indiana's previous work, Love. #2 in a series of 15, printed at Vinalhaven Press from June to September of 1985.

Dates: 1986

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Paul Cuffee Oil Portrait

Collection — Frame: 1

Identifier: 2012-155

Scope and Contents

Paul Cuffee, born in 1759 to a free African father and Wampanoag mother, was one of the most influential black and Native American men of his time. He was a Quaker mariner and merchant, early abolitionist, and established the first racially integrated school in Westport, Mass.

Dates: Circa 1815

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Pierpont Study Table

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: TN344.1

Scope and Contents

A large, round study table with three legs terminating in brass castors. The apron is fitted with numbered drawers and hinged doored compartments. Topped with a tooled, black leather panel. The table belonged to Rev. John Pierpont, maternal grandfather of John Pierpont Morgan and minister of Boston's Hollis Street Church from 1819-1845.

Dates: Circa 1835

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Portrait of Mabel Harlakenden Haynes

Item — Painting: 1

Identifier: R0009

Description and Background Information

A portrait of Mabel Harlakenden Haynes, daughter of Richard Harlakenden of Essex, England; and the second wife of John Haynes (also sometimes spelled Haines), who served as governor of Massachusetts in 1635 and as the first governor of Connecticut in 1639. She is depicted with blonde curls and dark eyes, wearing a pearl necklace and rust satin gown. Also in the Fine Art Collection is the oil portrait of Mabel's neice, Miss Harlakenden (presumed) (R0495).

Dates: circa 1640

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Preston collection

Collection

Identifier: SG-PRE-20-198

Abstract

Correspondence and genealogical research by Eugene Dimon Preson on the Preston, Wood, Tucker, Galusha, and Barney families.

Dates: undated

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Rebecca Rawson

Item — Painting: R0017

Identifier: R0017

Description and Background Information Rebecca Rawson was born into privilege in Boston on May 23, 1656, the ninth of twelve children of Edward and Rachel (née Perne) Rawson. Through her mother’s family she was related to the Hooker and Hawley families of New England. Described by her family as “one of the most beautiful, polite, and accomplished young ladies in Boston,” in July 1679 Rebecca married Lord Thomas Haile, the nephew of the lord chief justice of England. With her large dowry in tow, the newlyweds set sail from Boston...

Dates: 1670

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Richard Porter Adair papers, 1934-1976.

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Mss-35

Scope and Contents

Contains material on American descendants of the Scotch-Irish Adair family followed by some census records. There are also genealogical notes, 1418-1976, on allied families, many of whom are from Connecticut. Includes a small group of letters to Richard and Leo Adair, 1934-1974. Although most of the letters concern genealogical matters, some of the correspondence is from libraries acknowledging the donation of Leo's book.

Dates: 1934-1976

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Riobard O'Dwyer papers

Collection

Identifier: Mss-1097

Abstract

Riobard O'Dwyer was a genealogist and social historian who studied the families of the Beara Peninsula, Ireland. The collection contains handwritten genealogies, transcribed vital records and cemetery records, data on occupations, and notes.

Dates: 1963-2011

Found in: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections

Sampler by Sarah Chandler

Item

Identifier: TN403.1

Scope and Contents An exemplary silk embroidery on linen depicting an arched needlework frame including the letters of the alphabet above a sentimental and loving poem directed to the young seamstresses' parents and entitled "Filial Love". Shown with a treed landscape, a manor house, swimming ducks and floral sprays all executed in fine colors of yellow, blue, gold, apricot and celery. Finished with an intricate and elaborate floral border. Complete with a plain gold leaf frame. Poem reads "Next unto God Dear...

Dates: 1808

Found in: Fine Art Collections

Seascape at Sunset

Collection

Identifier: R0026

Scope and Contents

A 19th century copy of a 17th century Italian painting, which the donor's family saw hanging in the Pitti Palace. The artist of this copy copied a number of other famous Italian paintings to sell. The painting is a bright harbor scene, filled with ships and bustling docks. Visible in the background is a squat stone fort.

Dates: 17th century; 19th century (Date of Copy)

Found in: Fine Art Collections

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Mother of Exiles

Paul Cuffee Oil Portrait

Pierpont Study Table

Portrait of Mabel Harlakenden Haynes

Preston collection

Rebecca Rawson

Richard Porter Adair papers, 1934-1976.

Riobard O'Dwyer papers

Sampler by Sarah Chandler

Seascape at Sunset

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