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ca. 1890
GUSN-12695
Black and white photographic portrait. Elderly man seated at the desk leaning on one elbow and holding an open book with his other hand. Under glass in gilt painted mat and molded walnut frame.
portraits
photographs
gilding
glass (material)
paper (fiber product)
photographs
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
portraits
Unidentified Paper
Unidentified Photograph
Glass
Gilded
Man
Portrait
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
Label on the back reads: From J. Eastman Chase, Picture Frames and Works of Art, No.7 Hamilton Place, Boston, MA.
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Chase, J. Eastman (Framer)
Boston, MA, USA, Suffolk
13.875 x 11.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1802
Massachusetts (United States)
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