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Oil portrait of Mary Willis Duncan. She is wearing a cap and a dark navy blue shawl secured with a brooch. Oval gilt frame.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
wood (plant material)
Painting
"Mary Willis Duncan (Mrs. James H. Duncan) lived in Haverhill Mass. died 1889" (Handrwitten in black on reverse.)
Duncan, Mary Willis, 1805-1888
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P132
Unknown
25 10/16 x 21 8/16 x 2 9/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.555
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