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Three-quarter length portrait of Lady Mary Hirst Pepperrell (1708-1789) wearing a dark green dress with white fichu and white cuffs. Right arm held horizontally across body, left hand at side. Elaborate gilt rococo frame with scrolls, vines, and shell motifs.
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"Lady Mary (Hirst) Pepperell/After/John Singleton Copley, R.A./1737 Original in the possession of 1815/Hon. Everett Pepperell Wheeler. Painted 1942." (stamped)
Pepperrell, Mary Hirst, Lady, 1708-1789
Reproduction of Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815 (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
42.5 x 35.25 x 3.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of William W. Wood, III.
1966.240
Massachusetts (United States)
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