Description
Attractive 4.75 x 7 cabinet portrait of Mary Lord Harrison in an early half-length pose, signed on the mount in black ink, “Mary S. Harrison,” who adds the date on the reverse, “January 27th, 1893.” Published by the C. M. Gilbert Studio of Washington, D.C. In fine condition, with some light toning to the edges of the mount. At age 37, the widowed Mary Lord Dimmick married former president Benjamin Harrison on April 6, 1896, at St. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church in New York City. From the collection of Dr. Lawrence E. Miller.
