Portrait of Mercy Shiverick Hatch, Gilbert Stuart, circa 1810

Portrait of mercy shiverick hatch, ca. 1810 gilbert stuart boston, massachusetts oil on wood, image h: 28. 25 in, image w: 22. 5 in, frame h: 35. 25 in, frame w: 30. 25 in, d: 3. 75 in purchase 1962 the members' fund 62. 141 on view inscriptions: verso: u. R. Black crayon "5517f [encircled] 3"; back of frame: u. R. Black crayon "5517f [encircled] 3"; u. R. Red crayon "7500" labels/stamps: verso: u. L. Printed and handwritten paper label, black ink "museum of fine arts / 396. 33 / stuart [sic]"; back of frame: u. L. Printed paper label, torn "nam [xxx-missing] / reside [xxx-missing] / name of a [xxx-missing]/ value [xxx-missing]"; u. C. Handwritten paper label, black ink "mercy shiverick hat [xxx-missing, label torn] / by gilbert stuart / owner / mrs. Cpbowditch / 99 moss hill road / jamaica plain"; u. R. Typed paper label "miss cornelia bowditch / 99 moss hill road / jamaica plain"; u. R. Handwritten masking tape label, black marker "g. Stuart / mercy s. Hatch" provenance: mercy ("matty") hatch; bequeathed to jonathan ingersoll bowditch, jamaica plain, massachusetts; bequeathed to his son, charles pickering bowditch, jamaica plain, massachusetts (1889); to ingersoll bowdith, boston, massachusetts (1921); to mrs. Ernest codman (a bowdith descendant); to charles d. Childs, boston, massachusetts. Date: circa 1810.