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Full-length watercolor portrait of a man in a long black coat and blue trousers standing on a patterned carpet holding a black top hat and gray gloves. Image is unsigned and painted in the style of Davis or Evans, but is not attributed to them. See paper catalog record or curator's notes for additional details. Label on reverse identifies subject as "Lot Robbins." Dark wood frame.
paintings (visual works)
portraits
watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Painting
"Society for the Preservation/of New England Antiquities/194 Lot Robbins/Ellen A. Stone" (Printed label with handwritten text)
Robbins, Lot, 1790-1873
Possibly Davis, Joseph H. (Artist)
Possibly Evans, J. (Artist)
USA
13 x 8 5/8 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Misses Ethel, Mary, and Mildred Rider
1974.363
(see paper file)
Probably
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