Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
Charles Octavius Cole (1814-1858) painted the portrait of Mary Lancaster Tompson (b. 1802), a school teacher in Portland and daughter of Samuel and Mary (Lancaster) Tompson.
Cole was a well known portrait painter, who worked in New Orleans, Louisiana, before settling in Maine in about 1842.
About This Item
- Title: Mary Lancaster Tompson, ca. 1850
- Creator: Charles Octavius Cole
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Location: Scarborough, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Oil paint, canvas
- Dimensions: 86 cm x 75 cm
- Local Code: A86-909
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Tompson family
- Portraits
- Paintings
- Cole, Charles Octavius Cole, 1814-1858--Associated objects
- Tompson, Mary Lancaster (b. 1802)--Portraits
- Teachers--Maine--Portland
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