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Theorem painting of roses, rosebuds and leaves. Watercolor paint on cream colored velvet. Dark wood frame.
theorems (paintings)
velvet (fabric weave)
watercolor (paint)
art education
Painting
Theorem
Painting
"The Society for the Preservation / of N.E. Antiquities / Painted by Abigail Gray Bridge of Boston / c. 1815 at the Misses Saunder's Academy / Clifton Heights, Dorchester, grandmother / of donor, Helen Sanborn Whitney." (Handwritten on a gummed label)
"Gramstorff Bros., Inc./ Artistic / Picture Framing / Developing, Printing / and Enlarging / 101 Ferry St. / 1182? [handwritten] / Malden, Mass." (Printed label)
Saunders and Beach Ladies Academy
Bridge, Abigail Gray (Artist)
Gramstorff Bros. Inc. (Framer)
Boston, Massachusetts
6 1/8 x 8 1/8 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elsie Allen
1995.405
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Massachusetts (United States)
Dorchester (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Title Theorem Accession Number 1995.406
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