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Michael (Muccigrosso) Eells
Major Samuel Eells's oil portrait is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC (#1971.83.15). According to the NGA, the original 17th-century portrait was created by an unknown American "naive" painter (in Boston in 1687, said Rev. W. W. Eells). It displays items of adornment and pride (silver buttons, silver headed cane, and law books) that Samuel also mentioned in his will. A 19th- century family letter says the painting had been damaged and was "retaken"; the NGA believes the large painting in its possession (43 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.) is probably the copy, done about 1800. [Oil on canvas, 111.4 x 84 cm (43 7/8 x 33 1/8 in.
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