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Description
Mary Merrill Thompson was one of 12 children born to Theophilus and Eleanor Thompson of Freeport.
In 1851, she married John Abbott Rolfe in the parlor of the Brooklyn, New York, home of Henry Ward Beecher. Beecher, a nationally-known orator, was the brother of novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe.
This may be Mary's wedding portrait.
Apparently "Great Aunt Mary" was a formidable woman. Coming face-to-face with a bear in the woods while holding her newborn child, family legend holds that "the bear took one look at Mary and scampered away into the forest."
About This Item
- Title: Portrait of Mary Merrill Thompson, ca. 1850
- Creation Date: circa 1860
- Subject Date: circa 1850
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Locations:
- Freeport, Cumberland County, ME
- Brooklyn, Kings County, NY
- Media: Oil on panel
- Dimensions: 100 cm x 81 cm x 7 cm
- Local Code: 2003.175
- Object Type: Image
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