Lot 367
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AMERICAN SCHOOL (MID-19TH CENTURY)
AMERICAN SCHOOL (MID-19TH CENTURY)
AMERICAN SCHOOL (MID-19TH CENTURY)
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MIMI ADLER
AMERICAN SCHOOL (MID-19TH CENTURY)

PORTRAIT OF MARIA B. BIRD (B. 1824) AND CHILD

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AMERICAN SCHOOL (MID-19TH CENTURY)
PORTRAIT OF MARIA B. BIRD (B. 1824) AND CHILD
reverse with paper labels, the first hand-inscribed in ink, Maria B. Bird/ painted in February 1857/ Aged 33 years; the second printed Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Painted in 1857
oil on canvas
41 x 33 in.
Provenance
The Bird Family, Virginia
Walter P. Chrysler, New York
Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York
Exhibited
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Lot Essay

The sitters in this portrait are most likely Maria, the first wife of William Beverley Bird (1818-1892) of "Cypress Hall" in King and Queen County, Virginia and their daughter, Martha Fauntleroy (Bird) Taylor (1857-1935). Her parentage unknown, Maria's maiden name may have been Abrams. She married Bird in 1843 and died around the time this portrait was painted.

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