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Both Catherine and her husband are wearing fine silk clothes illustrating their links to the silk trade in York. This is one of a pair of portraits.
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall
York
Title
Catherine Ellen Stowe, Wife of John Stowe (1719–1777)
Date
c.1760
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 79 x W 60 cm
Accession number
YORMA 418
Acquisition method
purchased, 1993
Work type
Painting
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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall
Fossgate, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9XD England
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