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Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton)
Ammi Phillips
1822 · Oil on canvas
Dimensions 83.8 × 69.9 cm
Painted along with her son Cornelius Allerton the widow Lois Atherton is represented in attire suitable for a woman of her age while reading a religious newsletter. The usage of bonnets was typical of Phillips in his painting of older women.
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About this artwork
Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton) (1822) by Ammi Phillips, oil on canvas.
About Ammi Phillips
Ammi Phillips (April 24, 1788 – July 11, 1865) was a prolific American itinerant portrait painter active from the mid 1810s to the early 1860s in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York.
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