Bess Paterson Shipe

"Eliza Eichelberger Ridgely, the "Lady with a Harp"
Maryland Historical Magazine
Fall 1982, 77, no. 3, pp. 230-237.

Lady With a Harp: Eliza Ridgely, (1818)
By Thomas Sully (1783-1872). Oil on canvas, 2.145 x 1.425 m (84-3/8" by 56-1/8"). Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington [No. 8311. Gift of Maude Monell Vetlesen.]

For the uncorrected OCR text file click here

Of particular interest are the quotations from little Eliza's diary about life at the Baltimore townhouse including election night 1841 when "Father didn't want mother to go out with us" (p.233)

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