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Mrs. Peter Gilman Robbins (Polly Williams)
Mrs. Peter Gilman Robbins (Polly Williams)

Mrs. Peter Gilman Robbins (Polly Williams)

James Frothingham (American, 1786–1864)
about 1818
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions66.67 x 54.61 cm (26 1/4 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. George (Polly R.) Hollingsworth
Accession number16.105
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceThe artist; to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gilman Robbins (the sitter and her husband), Boston; to Mrs. George Hollingsworth, daughter of the sitter, Milton, Mass.; to MFA, 1916, bequest of Mrs. George (Polly R.) Hollingsworth.
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