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Painting of Gladys Weir Smyth May

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

ca. 1895

GUSN

GUSN-5099

Description

Head and shoulders, child facing viewer, white dress, blue eyes, short blond hair, dark background, gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
canvas
oil paint (paint)
children (people by age group)
Oil
Coated Canvas
Child
PICTURE, PORTRAIT

Inscription

Printed paper label on stretcher, ""SIZE 10 X 12/SOLD BY/FROST & ADAMS/Nos. 33 and 35 Cornhill, Boston"" written in script on stretcher ""B Plain Pattern 6.00.""

Associated Person

Smyth, Gladys Wier

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Wadsworth, A.E. (Maker)
Frost & Adams (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

12 x 10.125 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.502

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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