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Portrait of a Young Girl

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1780

GUSN

GUSN-272919

Description

Pastel portrait of a young girl facing right. Identified as a Cushing family member. Girl is wearing a light colored round necked dress and holding wilted flowers. Dark wood frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
pastels (crayons)
paper (fiber product)
Painting

Maker

Possibly Blyth, Benjamin (American painter, 1746-after 1787) (Artist)

Credit Line

Bequest of Vipont de R.D. Merwin

Accession Number

1966.1704

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