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Object numberCOLEM:1972.129
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Institution nameColchester Collections
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Object name
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TitleMary Honywood
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DescriptionThis oil painting is a portrait of Mary Honywood (nee Waters) of Marks Hall, near Colchester. Mary died in 1620 aged 92 and the inscription on the painting suggests that by her death, she had 367 descendants – “she had at her decease 367 children lawfully descended from her". The painting was bought at a sale of pictures and other effects at Marks Hall in 1897 before being donated to the new Town Hall in 1899.
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CreatorUnknown (artist)
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Dimensions
- height: 104.10 cm
width: 88.90 cm -
LocationIn Store
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