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Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849., Mary Lyon.
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https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/digitool%3A35632
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Title
Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849.
Alternate title
Mary Lyon.
Publisher
[New York? : s.n.]
Date
[1858?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; 12.5 x 8 cm.
Description
Bust-length portrait of Lyon, wearing a hat and shawl.
Notes
In Hitchcock, E. The power of Christian benevolence illustrated in the life and labors of Mary Lyon (New York, 1858), frontispiece. A different portrait appears in Hitchcock, E. The power of Christian benevolence... 4th ed. (Northampton, 1882), frontispiece.
Mary Lyon founded the Mount Holyoke Seminary, which became Mount Holyoke College.
Text below portrait: From a miniature painting in 1832.
Another portrait appears in: The home: a fireside monthly companion and guide, vol. 1 (Feb. 1856), p. 49.
Genre
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859.
Engravings -- 1850-1859.
Subject
Lyon, Mary, 1797-1849 -- Portraits.
Women educators.
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary.
Women.
Is part of
Portraits of American Women
Has format
TMP.objres.7412.jpg
In Collections
Portraits of American Women
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