Portrait of Mary Ann Dillon Thurstone
Painting
Portrait of a young girl (Mary Ann Dillon)wearing a blue dress with short puffed sleeves. She has brown hair and eyes and is wearing a coral beaded necklace and holds an apple in one hand, and a black woven purse with blue accents in the other. Green foliage in the background. Mounted in a gold frame.
2025.22.001
Watercolor
Thurston, Mary Ann Dillon
England
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Europe
Mary Ann Dillon was born on September 20, 1830 in Hereford, England. She married William Thurstone (Nee Thisleton)on June 1, 1848. The emigrated to Buffalo, New York around 1855 and lived there the rest of their lives. The 1900 census says they had 15 children with 9 living, and the 1910 census says they had 10 children with 8 living. Mary passed away on August 5, 1910 and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo.
Genesee Country Village and Museum
1832 - 1834
England
United Kingdom
Western Europe
Europe
Label
Back
First says: Mary Ann Dillon / Born September 20th / 1830 Second says: Mary Ann Dillon / Born Sept 20 - 1828. After researching it was decided the first inscription has the correct information.
English
Pen and Ink
8 in
6-7/16 in
Dimensions with frame
Buffalo
United Kingdom
New York
United States of America
England
North America
Europe
Hereford
Western Europe