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Stencil Painting Theorem

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1820-1840

GUSN

GUSN-11058

Description

Square format; a rose sprig with tiny birds at corners; stencilled in green, yellow, and pink on a linen ground; an undecipherable signature on the lower right-hand corner; unframed; wrapped with mylar on a square piece of cardboard.

Details

Descriptive Terms

stencils (images)
paintings (visual works)
theorems (paintings)
linen (material)
stenciling
watercolor (paint)
Painting
Painting

Inscription

Painted on the lower right hand corner is: ""Mr. C ? S"" (the middle initial is crossed out)

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8 x 7 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1439

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