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Portrait of a Woman

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860-1870

GUSN

GUSN-253104

Description

Portrait of one of the Pratt sisters in profile from bustline up. Wearing a cap and a shirt with a ruffled collar. Black crayon drawing on paper with a gilt frame; glass and a paper backing; frame has inner leaf design and a raised dot design around the outside edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paper (fiber product)
Conté crayon (TM)
gilding
glass (material)
wire
drawing (image-making)
Portrait
Crayon

Inscription

"Agents for the ARUNDEL SOCIETY/ Dolls & Richards, Fine Arts & Mirrors/ 145 Tremont St. Boston" (paper label)

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

38 x 30 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Lawrence Coolidge

Accession Number

2002.62

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)

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