Photograph
Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears
| A photographic copy of an early, full-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907) standing in front of a painted backdrop with column behind her. She is wearing a dark floor length dress with full skirt and sleeves. There is light-colored trim at the neck and wrists. Her left forearm is resting on the back of a chair. Mears moved to Wisconsin as a child from her home state of Massachusetts and lived most of her adult life in Oshkosh. She was an author who published under the pen name Nellie Wildwood. Her three daughters were sculptor Helen Farnsworth Mears, author Mary Mears, and illustrator (The Beautiful Land of Nod) Louise Mears Fargo. |
| Image ID: | 125028 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1860 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Oshkosh |
| County: | Winnebago |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Louise Mears Fargo family album, circa 1917 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 5039.16 |
| Original Dimensions: | 2.75 x 3.75 inches |
| Murals |
| Painting |
| Portraits |
| Clothing and dress |
| Dresses |
| Hairstyles |
| Women |
| Studios and dark rooms |
| Authors |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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