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Nom de l'objet :	Painting
Catégorie de l'objet :	Art
Matériaux :	Fibre
Numéro d'accession :	75.Q.4
Date de début de production :	1830-01-01
Date de fin de production :	1870-12-31
Description :	Portrait in oils of a woman with brown hair and brown eyes. She is wearing a brown dress and a grey bonnet. The painting is in a wood frame with gilt decoration.
Commentaires :	The portrait is of Anna Louise Chipman Lovett (b. 16 December 1795) who married Thomas Lovett. She was the daughter of William Allen Chipman (b.1757) who was a member of the legislature and a Judge of the Inferior Court. He strongly supported the Baptist community in Nova Scotia and helped with the founding of Horton Academy. He voted, unsuccessfully, against the motion which allowed the Roman Catholic Laurence Kavanagh to sit in the assembly without taking the oath against transubstantiation. William Chipman was also was a freemason who belonged to St Georges Lodge No.11. Ann and Thomas had five children. The eldest, Margaret Ann, married James Leavitt DeWolf of Windsor.
Longueur :	35.5 cm
Largeur :	30.5 cm
Établissement :	Randall House Museum Facebook-Randall House Museum Twitter-Randall House Museum YouTube-Randall House Museum
Ville de l'établissement :	Wolfville
Province de l'établissement :	Nova Scotia

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