Creator |
Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850. |
Title |
Margaret Burke. |
Publisher |
Dublin |
Date |
Ca. 1796 |
Physical Description |
Pastels. |
Is referenced by |
Library Company Annual Report, 1994, p. 25. |
Notes |
Margaret Burke was the sister of Mathew Carey. Not long after her portrait was taken, she followed her brother to the United
States. She married a Baltimore sea captain named James Burke, who presently abandoned her and their children. She moved to
Philadelphia and for a while worked as a school mistress and a milliner.
|
|
Gift of Mrs. H. Lea (Mary) Hudson, 1994. |
Subject |
Burke, Margaret -- Portraits. |
|
Women -- Portraits. |
Genre |
Pastels (visual works). |
Location |
OBJ 857 |
Accession number |
OBJ 857 |