books0977: Miss Mary Tunaley (1790-1793). Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797). Oil on canvas
books0977: Miss Mary Tunaley (1790-1793). Joseph Wright of Derby (English, 1734-1797). Oil on canvas. MFA, Boston. According to family tradition, the sitter, Mary Tunaley, was a particular favorite of Joseph Wright, who in the early 1790s lived near the Tunaley family in Derby, England. She eventually came to Boston with her husband, Francis Boott, a partner in the trading firm Boott & Farrow. -- source link
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