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Description
Mary King Southgate (1799-1829), the daughter of Mary King and Robert Southgate of Gorham and Scarborough, wore coral jewelry in this image of her, a painting probably made from a portrait. Robert Southgate was a prominent physician, judge, and businessman.
In 1824, she married Grenville Mellen (1799-1829), a lawyer and poet who was the son of Maine's first chief justice, Prentiss Mellen.
About This Item
- Title: Mary King Southgate, Scarborough, ca. 1870
- Creation Date: circa 1870
- Subject Date: circa 1870
- Location: Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Paint on cardboard, carte de visite, photograph
- Dimensions: 12.2 cm x 9 cm
- Local Code: A67-621
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Coral jewelry
- Dress accessories
- Earrings
- Jewelry
- Mellen, Mary King Southgate, 1799-1829--Associated objects
- Mellen, Mary King Southgate, 1799-1829--Portraits
- Miniatures
- Necklaces
- Southgate, Mary King, 1799-1829--Associated objects
- Women--Clothing & dress
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