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Wells, Rachel Hill, 1735-1796.
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Contributor
Butler, J. M. (John M.), engraver.
Title
Wells, Rachel Hill, 1735-1796.
Alternate title
[Rachel Hill Wells] / eng’d. & printed by J.M. Butler.
Publisher
[Philadelphia? : s.n.]
Date
[1854?]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; 11.7 x 7.9 cm.
Description
Waist-length portrait of Mrs. Wells wearing bonnet.
Notes
In Smith, John Jay, ed. Letters of Doctor Richard Hill and his children (Philadelphia, 1854), plate preceding p. 171.
Mrs. Wells was the fifth daughter of physician Richard Hill and of prominent Quaker lineage, belonging to the Hill, Lloyd, Moore, and Partridge families of Philadelphia.
“Rachel married in Philadelphia Richard Wells, an English gentleman, and had two sons and three daughters, of whom many descendants are known to us.”--P. xviii.
Genre
Portrait prints -- 1850-1859.
Engravings -- 1850-1859.
Subject
Wells, Rachel Hill, 1735-1796 -- Portraits.
Women.
Quaker women.
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Portraits of American Women
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