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One of a pair of miniature portraits; canary yellow oval on a green background; oil on panel; portrait of Thomas Pollard; profile; seated in chair; 1/2 length.
portraits
paintings (visual works)
panels (wood)
oil paint (paint)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
men (male humans)
portraits
Oil on Panel
Portrait
Man
PICTURE, PORTRAIT
In pencil, on the back of the painting reads: on opsit side [illeg] orig. [illeg]/ Taken in 1828/Thomas [effaced] Aaged 21 years and 7 months/at Mansfield . [it appears that an earlier inscription is effaced and written over; see NFL cat. card for inscription]
Pollard, Thomas, Mr., 1807
Pollard, Marcella, 1810-
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1221
Unknown
8 4/5 x 6 7/8 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1221.1
Ohio (United States)
Title Painting Accession Number 1991.1221.2
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