Portrait of Mary J. Irish
Object number2021.94.2
Engraver
E.G. Williams & Brother
Publisher
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
OriginNY
MediumPaper; Ink; Paperboard; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of Henry Fullenwider
DescriptionPrinted portrait engraving on rectangular beige paper. Black and white profile bust portrait of woman facing proper left. Figure wears a bonnet and a garment with black bodice and white collar. Dark gray background has oval shape around figure. Portrait is surrounded by beige margins. Engraving's paper is mounted (adhered) to beige paperboard; the reverse of the paperboard is undecorated.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 10.688 × 8 × 0.063 in. (27.1 × 20.3 × 0.2 cm)InscriptionsPrinted text in bottom margin at center “Mary J. Irish / 1755-1829”.
MarksPrinted text in bottom margin below bottom left corner of printed area “Lewis Historical Pub. Co.” and below bottom right corner of printed area “Eng. by E. G. Williams & Bro. N.Y.”
Historical NotesPortrait of Mary Irish. Members of the Irish family arrived in Western Pennsylvania in 1785, when Nathaniel Irish was granted 50 acres of donation land near New Castle. Due to the dangers of settling that area, the Irish family lived off that property but took residence near present-day Verona, Pa. Nathaniel Irish moved to Pittsburgh in 1789 to a property off St. Clair Street near Penn Avenue. That property remained in the family for two hundred years. Successive generations of the family were prominent in business and served in the Civil War, WWI, and WWII.
Related person
Mary J. Irish
(1755 - 1829)
Related person
Nathaniel Irish
(1737 - 1816)
Subjects
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E.G. Williams & Brother
Ron Mahoney
Dennis Karchner
Ron Mahoney
Ron Mahoney
Mervin Allen Corning
