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Half-length portrait of a boy in black coat and patterned vest, bangs brushed up. Augustus Whiting of Billerica, MA, was approxiamately 15 years old at time of portrait.
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Painted script on reverse, lower half: ""Augustus Whiting/ aetat 15?/ Taken by himself by means/ of a mirror./ Circa 1810/ Billerica--Mass""
Whiting, Augustus (Maker (Artist and Subject))
Billerica, MA, USA
4.125 x 3.75 x 0.125 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Austin Smith
1964.139
Massachusetts (United States)
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