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1929
GUSN-33061
Man carrying pail, sweating; house at left.
pictures (two-dimensional representations)
crayons (drawing material)
graphite (mineral)
Graphite
crayon
Picture
Penciled script at lower left reads, ""Tony/ Sarg/ 29/ Nantucket/ Aug. 8th 1929"" In pen script on reverse, upper right, is ""Copied from paper backing:/ 'Portrait of W.S.A./ working on the/ Jethro Coffin/ house, Nantucket/ Summer 1927'/ framed by Fred Olsson's/ Art Shop/ 9 Boylston St./ Cambridge, Mass.""
Appleton, William Sumner, 1874-1947
Jethro Coffin House
Appleton, William Sumner, 1874-1947
Sarg, Anthony (Artist)
12 7/8 x 16 3/8 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Mary Otis Porter
1929.1866
Massachusetts (United States)
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