Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 64.609
Date:
Ca. 1852
Notes:
"American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston," Boston (Museum of Fine Arts), distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Conn., 1969.
Troyen, Carol, et al., "American Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue," Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1997, pg. 156.
Summary:
Scene depicting a young child seated on its mother's lap, the mother turned to look the child in the eye as an elderly fortune seated opposite them reaches for the child's hand.