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Painter:
Tompkins, Frank Hector 1847-1922  Search this
Subject:
Unidentified  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Museum of Fine Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston Massachusetts 02115 Accession Number: 19.1381
Date:
1885
Notes:
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. 279.
Summary:
Portrait of a young mother seated by her baby's cradle, her body turned to the right, her head turned in profile to the left, and her hands resting in her lap. She wears a dark dress with a white collar. In the background there is a small vase of flowers resting on a table beneath a painting.
Topic:
Portrait group--Family--Mother & Child  Search this
Portrait female--Waist length  Search this
Architecture interior--Domestic--House  Search this
Control number:
IAP 20492914
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_372893