Americana
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Oil on canvas, unsigned, lined.
22 x 16 in., 26 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (frame).
Note: The sitter here is Eudocia Hill Foote, the wife of Connecticut Senator and the state's 28th Governor, Samuel Augustus Foote (1780-1846). The couple married in 1803. Their son, Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863), was a rear-admiral and naval officer known for his service during the Civil War when he was appointed commander of the Western Gunboat Flotilla.