Portrait of Penelope Chase Prendergast
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Paintings
- Description
- This portrait is of Penelope Chase Prendergast, a woman of a prominant family in the St.Catharines and Thorold area. Her husband was Dr. Jediah Prendergast, the first non-military doctor in the St. Catharines and Thorold area. She was also the mother-in-law of William Hamilton Merritt.
The unframed, oil painting is 29 inches in height, 24 inches in length, and 1 inch wide. The portrait is of a middle aged woman, Penelope Chase Prendergast, with a white bonnet that ties under her chin. She is also wearing a black dress with a white shawl over her shoulders. There is a small floral pattern on the front left of her bonnet and fancy stitching on the edges around her face. She has very dark eyes and is painted on a dark brown background. - Date of Original
- 1774-1845
- Dimensions
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Width: 61 cm
Height: 73.7 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1982.231.2
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.1549800011325 Longitude: -79.1944313049316
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- Donor
- Mrs. Emily Maclean
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 2010
- Recommended Citation
- Image courtesy of the St. Catharines Museum
- Terms of Use
- Please contact the St. Catharines Museum for any reproductions of this image
- Contact
- St. Catharines MuseumEmail:museumcollections@stcatharines.ca
Website:
Address:1932 Welland Canals Parkway P.O. Box 3012 St. Catharines, ON L2R 7C2
Phone: 905-984-8880
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