(On back of stretcher:) Property of Mr & Mrs Merle S. Gish unsigned
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Summary:
Portrait of Alexander Wake Holeman at about age twelve, seated in a landscape, his body turned to the left, his head facing forward, his gaze directed toward the viewer, and his dog held in front of him. In the background there is a distant landscape showing a river and trees on the left, and a column pedestal on the right above the sitter's head. The portrait is painted in an oval format on a rectangular canvas.
