Mary Boott Lee

Mary Tunaley Boott Lee

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According to family lore, Miss Mary Tunaley was a favorite subject of the notable English painter Joseph Wright of Derby, who lived near her family in the early 1790s. She eventually immigrated to Boston with her husband, Francis Boott, a partner in the firm Boott & Farrow and cousin to Kirk Boott, a notable figure in the establishment of the Lowell textile mills. Derby's portrait of Mary is in the collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, an institution whose landmark 1909 building was designed by her great-grandson, Guy Lowell. - AsNotedIn

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1775/05/04 Mary Tunaley, daughter of Robert and Mary Tunaley, is christened St Alkmunds in Derby, England. Razed in 1968 for construction of a road, a stone sarcophagus and remains of a stone cross are preserved at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Faith
1793/00/00 Joseph Wright of Derby creates a painting of "Miss Mary Tunaley", 1790-1793. The oil on canvas is in the collection at MFA Boston, 465 Huntington Avenue in Boston, but is not typically on display. Subject Museum of Fine Arts Boston archive collection MFA Boston
1800/00/00 Mary Tunaley leeves the family home (lost) in Full Street, Derby to work as governess to the children of Thomas Haden, a surgeon and future Mayor of Derby, England. Work
1805/07/25 Mary Tunaley, daughter of Robert Tunaley and Mary Needham Tunaley, marries Frank Boott. Bride Cathedral Church Of All Saints, Iron Gate Derby
1825/04/28 At Brattleboro, Mr Jeremiah Lee, of this city to Mrs Mary Boott. - Marriage announcement in the Boston Commercial Gazette Bride
1846/02/07 Mary Boott Lee dies in Boston. Mrs Lee is buried at Mt Auburn Cemetery, Massachusetts. Amaranth Path, lot 529 Died Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge Cambridge, MA
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