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Portrait of a Girl

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1852-1856

GUSN

GUSN-23367

Description

Pencil drawing of a young girl in a dress and bonnet standing beside a table and stool. On the table, a cloth is draped and what looks to be a paper Japanese lantern sits on it. Frame: 1/2 in. gilt.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
drawings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
Picture
Portrait
Pencil
Unidentified Paper
Drawn
Girl
Lantern
Portrait

Inscription

Printed on bottom right: ""M. Armstrong""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Tucker, Mary Geraldine, 1841-1922 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Wiscasset, ME, USA

Dimensions

8.75 x 7.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1554

Places

Maine (United States)
Maryland (United States)

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