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Artist
Edwin Tryon Billings, 1824 - Oct 1893
Sitter
Mary Morse Baker Eddy, 16 Jul 1821 - 3 Dec 1910
Date
c. 1889
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on 3-ply cardboard
Dimensions
68cm x 55.3cm (26 3/4" x 21 3/4"), Accurate
Topic
Mary Morse Baker Eddy: Female
Mary Morse Baker Eddy: Journalism and Media\Magazine publisher
Mary Morse Baker Eddy: Journalism and Media\Newspaper publisher
Mary Morse Baker Eddy: Religion and Spirituality\Founder\Church founder
Portrait
Place
United States\Massachusetts\Essex\Lynn
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mrs. Joseph E. Johnston
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.72.90
Provenance
Mary Johnston [Mrs. Joseph E. Johnston], Sparta, New Jersey; gift 1972 to NPG.