38.06
Photograph, crayon portrait
1880 Approximate
Bridget Cahill. 14" x 17" Crayon portrait of a woman identified tentatively as Bridget Cahill; wearing a black dress buttoned to neck, no jewelry; hair parted at center and pulled back; the image was produced on paper which was adhered to canvas stretched on wooden framework; framed with very ornate textured plaster frame.
Tentatively identified by the William Sexton Jr. family as Bridget Cahill of Janesville; family connections may include Sexton, Cahill, or Jewison.