This watercolor painting is of Mary Ella Childs (1854-1942) who lived in Deerfield, Massachusetts. It is attributed to Augustus Fuller (1812-1873) and was painted around 1863. Ella, the daughter of Robert and Mary (Warren) Childs, is depicted in her best dress holding her china-head doll Lilla, who wears a fashionable dress similar to Ella’s.
Fuller, Augustus. Lilla and Mary Ella Childs (1854-1942). Painting. ca. 1863. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1957-01-02/. Accessed on October 7, 2024.
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