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Portrait of Eliza Sparhawk Sears

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1850-1875

GUSN

GUSN-51778

Description

Bust-length portrait of a woman in a white bonnet with a portrait brooch. Wife of Edmund H. Sears. Elaborate gilt frame.

Details

Descriptive Terms

portraits
paintings (visual works)
canvas
oil paint (paint)
Picture
Portrait
Oil
Coated Canvas
Portrait

Associated Person

Sears, Eliza Sparhawk

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

32.5 x 28.5 x 3.5 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Edwin Buckingham Sears

Accession Number

1987.565

Places

Probably Massachusetts (United States)
Probably

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