Ruby Devol Finch

The Prodigal Son, c. 1830–1835, watercolor in the collection of the American Folk Art Museum Aruba "Ruby" Brownell Devol Finch, better known as Ruby Devol Finch (November 20, 1804 – July 7, 1866) was an American folk artist.

Biography Finch was born Aruba Brownell Devol in Westport, Massachusetts, the daughter of Benjamin Devol, Jr. and Elizabeth Rounds. Nothing of her education is known. In 1831 she produced a family register for her neighbor Silas Kirby. The following year, on November 8, she married William T. Finch of New Bedford.

Finch's depiction of the tale of The Prodigal Son, dated c. 1830–1835, is owned by the American Folk Art Museum. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum owns her double portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Robinson. The Westport Historical Society owns her photograph and her portrait of Ann Potter. The New Bedford Whaling Museum owns her portraits of Sally Allen and Tillinghast Tripp.