Mary Marshall Tabb Bolling

Mary Marshall Tabb Bolling, a wealthy Petersburg landowner, is the subject of this portrait by John Durand. Durand probably completed the portrait between 1770 and 1775. Bolling is shown seated in a blue dress, trimmed with lace, wearing a lace cap, and leaning her arm on a table. Her toddler daughter, Marianna Bolling, sits in her lap.