Here is the portrait of Polly Hamlin Beals wife of Ezra Beals. She was born 4 October 1785. She lived in Norfolk, Massachusetts.
Her portrait measures 25 x 30 and is somewhat cracked and crazed with varnish. The auction house pointed this out to me before I placed a bid, but that was an aspect of the portrait that appealed to me.
The portrait has also been strip lined ( see the new canvas around the perimeter) due to age. This was sold by a Massachusetts auction house, and she is very New England. I thought she was holding her bible, but it is a little box with her name on it and the name of the portrait artist which I have yet to decipher. I am also looking on Find A Grave for her tombstone or burial location for herself or her husband ( so I can post her portrait there ) but so far no luck.
According to the ancestry site, she should have many descendants today. GoneToAlabama@aol.com
Bless her heart
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You are so very kind to offer that for sale to a family member. Wish I could say I was one, but I'm not! I do hope she ends up with her descendants though. :)
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