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Anne Pleasants Atkinson (Mrs. Roger Atkinson, ca. 1727-1776)
Artist: John Durand
Date: ca. 1770-1776
Subject married Roger Atkinson of Mansfield Plantation, located near Petersburg. Anne Pleasants was from the Pleasants family of Curles Neck in Charles City County. She was the mother of Thomas Atkinson.
Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 27 1/8 in. (87 x 68.9 cm.)
Subject stands with her arms crossed at her waist, wearing a dress with stomacher, a sheer fichu over shoulders, a black ribbon choker, and a cap tied under her chin. Behind her is a column and drapery swag.
Location: Mansfield Plantation
Decade: 1770s
Credits: Private collection, MESDA Object Database, record S-5740, Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), Winston-Salem, NC.