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Portrait of Lura Burgess Woodside (1887-1982)

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1892

GUSN

GUSN-310707

Description

Portrait of Lura Woodside as a young girl. Sitter is standing and leaning against the arm of a floral upholstered settee. She is wearing a white dress, black stockings, and black boots. She is holding a white bonnet in her right hand and has a gold heart shaped locket around her neck. Oil on canvas and ornate gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

paintings (visual works)
portraits
oil paint (paint)
canvas
Picture
Portrait
Portrait

Inscription

"Vesper L. George 1892" (Painted)

Associated Person

Watkins, Lura Woodside, 1887-1982

Additional Identification Number

1299.2

Maker

George, Vesper Lincoln, 1865-1934 (Artist)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA

Dimensions

61 1/2 x 48 1/2 x 2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Joan Pearson Watkins Trust

Accession Number

2015.62.2

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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