Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Christopher Champlin
Object Number:
1894.2
Date:
Late 19th century
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 23 1/2 in. ( 71.1 x 59.7 cm )
Gallery Label:
Phebe Thurston (1749-1823) was the daughter of Captain John Thurston of Newport, Rhode Island. She married Christopher Champlin in 1769. This portrait, a gift to the Society from her grandson, is a late 19th-century copy of an original painted by an unidentified artist in the last quarter of the 18th century.
Credit Line:
Gift of Christopher Champlin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
