View full size image or right-click on image to save
Watercolor portrait of Mary Folger Brown by unknown artist, ca. 1833
Order an ImageThe subject of this portrait, Mary F. Brown, was the niece of Captain Isaiah Folger of the schooner EXACT which brought the Denny party to Seattle. Mary's great uncle was Mayhew Folger, captain of the brigantine TOPAZ, and who rediscovered the Pitcairn Islands in 1808 where one of the HMS BOUNTY mutineers was still living. This portrait was painted on Nantucket Island in 1833, but Mary eventually made it to Pacific Northwest where she married Captain Oliver Coffin, and they had a son Everett. Everett Coffin became the captain of the flyer TACOMA and other Puget Sound vessels.
ID Number: 1971.5127.1
Date: 1833
Creator(s):
Unknown, Artist
Physical Description: 1 Painting; watercolor, board; Art: 7.375 in.H x 5.375 in.W, Frame: 8.875 in.H x 6.875 in.W
Place Made: United States of America, NEW HAMPSHIRE
Credit: MOHAI, 1971.5127.1