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White wax relief portrait of a man facing left wearing a military uniform, set on blue background and mounted in an oval painted black molded frame.
sculpture (visual work)
glass (material)
SCULPTURE
Portrait: "Tassie F. / COUNT RUMFORD / 1796" Reverse: "For / The Revd. Doctor Walter / Boston / Massachusetts / from his friend / Count Rumford" (Inscribed and Ink on paper)
Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814
Walter, William, 1737-1800
3733
Tassie, James (Sculptor)
London, England
6 in x 4 1/2 in x 1 in (HxWxD) (inches)
1924.112
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