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called Frances Parke Custis (Mrs. John Custis, 1685-1714)
Artist: Unknown
Date: ?
Family tradition identifies the subject. Frances Parke Custis was the daughter of Daniel Parke and Jane Ludwell Parke. She was the sister of Lucy Parke Byrd. It descended in the Custis family. The painting is damaged and overpainted. It is potentially a later copy of an earlier painting or a different family member.
Dimensions: 28 x 23 in. (71.12 x 58.42 cm.)
The portrait represents a woman wearing a brown wrap dress. Her left hand is raised and at her breast.
Location: Unknown
Decade: Unknown
Credits: Courtesy of Washington and Lee University, University Collections of Art and History, U1922.1.2.