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Portrait Of A Connecticut Clockmaker's Wife ca. 1800 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | This painting of a Connecticut clockmaker’s wife was meant to hang to the right of her husband’s portrait, preserving their images and values for subsequent generations. Ralph Earl showed her holding a book, possibly a Bible, as a sign of piety and literacy. The drapery in the background was a compositional device that the artist learned when he... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Mrs. Williams 1837 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous |
- Ralph Earl