Herminia B. Dassel portrait of Maria Mitchell, ca. 1851, Herminia Borchard Dassel, circa 1851

Herminia b. Dassel portrait of maria mitchell, ca. 1851, the archives and special collections of the nantucket maria mitchell association. Note: the portrait was gifted to the mitchell house in the early 1990s, coming from the estate of sally mitchell barney’s (maria’s oldest sister) granddaughter, virginia barney. Date: circa 1851.