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Robert Edge Pine (1730-1788) Matilda Chase Ridgely c. 1785
Oil on canvas
26 19/64 x 21 1/4 in. (66.8 x 54 cm.)
Gift of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maryland
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1991-77-2
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This painting may not currently be on view at the Maryland
Historical Society.
Medium: Painting Influences/Attributions: Attributed to Robert Edge Pine Description: Bust portrait shows Matilda Chase Ridgely: woman with brown hair piled on head, her head tilted to right. She wears brown-ecru dress with white lace trim and deep neckline. Image has green background. Sitter's Life Dates: 1763-1835 Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Label: "Society of Colonial Dames in the State of Maryland / NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY / SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION / WASHINGTON DC 20560"
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