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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1949.134
People
William Henry Furness, Jr., American (Pennsylvania 1827 - 1867 Cambridge, MA)
Title
Portrait of a Girl
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
c. 1853-1854
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228775

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
43.2 x 34.9 cm (17 x 13 3/4 in.)
framed: 52.7 x 43.5 x 4.5 cm (20 3/4 x 17 1/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
By descent from the artist to Laura Furness, his first cousin once removed.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Miss Laura Furness
Accession Year
1949
Object Number
1949.134
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 107, cat. 72

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