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Hon. James Ellis

(American, 1779–1856)
1815–20
Medium/TechniqueOil on panel
Dimensions66.36 x 52.39 cm (26 1/8 x 20 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ruth C. Presbrey in memory of her father, Edward A. Presbrey
Accession number46.857
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceThe artist; to James Ellis, the sitter; to Mrs.James Palmer Ellis (Caroline Soper Presbey), daughter-in-law of the sitter; to Edward A. Presbey, her son; to Miss Ruth C. Presbrey, his daughter, Brookline, Mass.; to MFA, 1946, gift of Miss Ruth C. Presbey.
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Ethan Allen Greenwood
1813
Mrs. James Ellis (Martha Bridgham)
Ethan Allen Greenwood
1815–20
John Langdon
John Greenwood
about 1748
Man
John Greenwood
about 1747
Wallabrook Ford, Dartmoor, England
Thomas Allen
about 1890–91
Landscape
Edward Stieglitz
1880s–90s
Richard H. Fuller
about 1867–71
Mother and Child
George de Forest Brush
1895
Study for The Flight of Night
William Morris Hunt
about 1863
The Red Hat
William Perkins Babcock
about 1855–70