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- Portrait of Julia Barton Hunting by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830 - Ammi Phillips was an itinerant portrait painter, working in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and eastern New York. Like other "Folk" painters, he employed standard poses yet meticulously individualized the sitter's face and hair and added other personalized touches. This mid-1820s painting of Julia Barton Hunting along with one of her husband may have been commissioned as wedding portraits. The couple moved to Michigan in 1849.
- circa 1830
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Portrait of Julia Barton Hunting by Ammi Phillips, circa 1830
Ammi Phillips was an itinerant portrait painter, working in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and eastern New York. Like other "Folk" painters, he employed standard poses yet meticulously individualized the sitter's face and hair and added other personalized touches. This mid-1820s painting of Julia Barton Hunting along with one of her husband may have been commissioned as wedding portraits. The couple moved to Michigan in 1849.