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Bolton, Abby, 1827-1849., Abby Bolton.
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A3391
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Title
Bolton, Abby, 1827-1849.
Alternate title
Abby Bolton.
Publisher
[New York? : s.n.]
Date
[1850?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; 11.3 x 7.7 cm
Description
Three-quarter-length portrait of the young woman.
Notes
In The lighted valley, or, The closing scenes in the life of a beloved sister (New York, 1850), frontispiece.
The young woman was the daughter of the Rev. Robert Bolton (1788-1857), an Episcopalian clergyman who was born Savannah, Georgia; in 1807, he traveled to England, where he married Anne Jay Bolton (1793-1859); the couple and their children left England in 1836 and settled in New York; they opened the Bolton Priory School in Pelham Manor, New York, in 1838.
Another portrait appears in Bolton, R. The Lighted valley, or, The closing scenes of the life of Abby Bolton (London, 1851), frontispiece ("Eng'd by W. Holl, from a painting by her brother [i.e., William Jay Bolton]").
Genre
Engravings -- 1850-1859.
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859.
Subject
Bolton, Abby, 1827-1849 -- Portraits.
Women.
In Collections
Portraits of American Women
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