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1834-1867
GUSN-24746
Pen inscription on back reads: "Lucy Kimball Coffin, wife of Edmund Coffin." (married in 1809). Head and shoulders portrait of woman facing left, in white lace cap tied underneath the chin. Softly shaded background. White pastel, black charcoal on brown paper. Gilt molded wood frame, under glass.
portraits
drawings (visual works)
charcoal (plant material)
paper (fiber product)
oil pastels
Picture
Portrait
Charcoal
Pastel
Unidentified Paper
Portrait
Lucy Kimball Coffin
Unknown
23.25 x 19.25 (HxW) (inches)
1963.118
Massachusetts (United States)
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