1 painting ; 30 x 24 1/16 in. (76.1 x 61.1 cm), with frame: 35 7/8 x 29 7/8 in. (90.8 x 75.9 cm)
Note (Medium/support)
Oil on canvas
Note (Inscriptions/signatures)
Handwritten on verso: Ellen Ruggles aged 43 / E. Ames pt, 1822; stencilled in ink on verso: ELLEN BULKELEY / WIFE OF / PHILO RUGGLES
Note (Ownership)
Gift of Burnet Rathbone Ruggles, 1945
Note
Philo and Ellen Ruggles were the parents of Samuel Bulkley Ruggles (1800-1881) [Trustee, Columbia College], Philo Taylor Ruggles (1803-1894), and Henry Joseph Ruggles (1813-1906) [CC 1832]. The donor, Burnet Rathbone Ruggles, was the great-grandson of the sitter.