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Massachusetts Historical Society: Collections Online
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Elizabeth Freeman ("Mumbet")

Elizabeth Freeman (`Mumbet`) Miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory
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Miniature portrait, watercolor on ivory by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, 1811

Portrait: 7.5 cm x 5.5 cm; in gilded wood frame (visible in large digital image): 13 cm x 9.7 cm


This miniature portrait of Elizabeth Freeman ("Mumbet") was painted by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick in 1811.  The painting shows Mumbet wearing a typical Federalist period dress as well as the golden beads that are now part of the Massachusetts Historical Society's collections.  (See the online presentation of the bracelet made of gold beads from Mumbet's necklace).

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