Portrait of Mary Henderson Lyman (Mrs. Theodore Lyman, Jr.), seated facing left, wearing a white empire-waisted dress, pale yellow shawl, and red plaid turban. She holds a red leather bound book. Wood paneling in background.
oil paintings (visual works)
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Painting
Lyman, Mary Elizabeth, 1799-1836
Alexander, Francis, 1800-1880 (Artist)
49 x 41 1/2 x 4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Lyman Family
1966.118
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