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.
portraits
pastels (crayons)
paper (fiber product)
Painting
Possibly Blyth, Benjamin (American painter, 1746-after 1787) (Artist)
Bequest of Vipont de R.D. Merwin
1966.1704
Title Portrait of a young boy Accession Number 1966.1705
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