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View of Boston Common with the State House on the right in background and Park Street Church to left. In green tones the scene pictures a large, dark tree with fence around its trunk, lawns and dirt paths, and lines of trees behind. People dot the Common paths and lawns. Vernacular style.
oil paintings (visual works)
paintings (visual works)
supports (artists' materials)
gilding
oil paint (paint)
wood (plant material)
folk art (traditional art)
Painting
Painting
Subject Boston Common,
Unknown
33 1/4 x 24 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.559
Massachusetts (United States)
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