biography of Phebe Gilmore FIELD (?-1859)

Birth place: probably Ware, MA

Death place: Sunderland, MA.

Profession: Painter

Exhibited: American Institute, 1842-48

Comments: She married the painter Erastus Salisbury Field (see entry) in 1831, and when they lived in NYC (1842-48) she exhibited several sketches and paintings at the American Institute as "Mrs. P. G. Field." She died in 1859, shortly after they moved to Sunderland, MA.

Sources: G&W; Robinson, Erastus Salisbury Field," in Lipman and Winchester, 72"