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Portrait of Mrs. Charles Willing 1746 | Mrs Willis is wearing a gown in imported Spitalfields silk brocade designed by Ann Maria Garthwaite in June 1743 (the watercolour design for the silk survives). | Unrated | Anonymous | |
Dr. Thomas Graeme Before 1752 | Dr. Graeme was the husband of Ann Diggs who was the stepdaughter of Sir William Keith. Graeme had arrived with Keith from England in 1717 and married Ann in 1719. During his years in Pennsylvania Graeme attained a significant social status in Philadelphia. He served as the Port Physician, was a consulting physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital, was... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
William Bowdoin 1748 Bowdoin College Museum of Art Brunswick, ME | William Bowdoin, born Boston, June 14th 1713; graduated Harv. Coll. 1735; a merchant; member of the Provincial Council ; chosen by Roxbury to act on several committees during the troubles before the Revolution ; married Phoebe Murdock; she died December 13th 1772, aged 49 ; had three daughters, two of whom died unmarried; Sarah Bowdoin, the third... | Unrated | Anonymous |
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