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Portrait of a Woman

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1800-1900

GUSN

GUSN-24961

Description

Portrait of unidentified woman wearing a cameo pin. Plain brown dress with white collar; head and shoulders view. Indecipherable pencil inscription on back. Richly molded gesso and gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
drawings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Unidentified Paper
Watercolor
Picture

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

10.75 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.186

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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