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"The Sailor Boy's Return from a Prosperous Voyage"

Collection Type

  • Art

GUSN

GUSN-53770

Description

Painting on glass; shows a mother seated in front of a thatched roof cottage wearing a kerchief and mob cap; an older sister is standing and a younger sister is kneeling near a child's armchair with a bird in her left hand. Red pollparrot on back of chair, cat on the stand of a spinning wool. Sea view in the distance. Gilt frame

Details

Descriptive Terms

paintings (visual works)
reverse painting on glass (image-making)
Painting

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

29 x 25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Mrs. George H. Monks

Accession Number

1944.353

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