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Portrait of a Quaker

Former Title:
Portrait of a Man
William Shepard
Attribution:
Adolph Ulrich Wertmüller, 1751 - 1811  Search this
Former attribution:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Unidentified Man  Search this
Formerly identified as:
William Shepard, 1737 - 1817  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Stretcher (estimate): 71.3 x 56.2cm (28 1/16 x 22 1/8")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1795
Topic:
Unidentified Man: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Object number:
1954.1.4 NGA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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EDAN-URL:
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Callahan Children

Former Title:
Abigail and Lucretia Callahan
Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Mary Callahan, 1776 - 1855  Search this
Eleanor Clifford Callahan, 1778 - 1839  Search this
Formerly identified as:
Abigail Callahan Pollard, 1784 - 1821  Search this
Miss Lucretia Callahan, 1788 - 1838  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
66cm x 57.1cm (26" x 22 1/2"), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Place:
Atlantic Ocean
Date:
1785
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Fruit\Apple  Search this
Mary Callahan: Female  Search this
Eleanor Clifford Callahan: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Worcester Art Museum
Object number:
1986.104 WOR
Restrictions & Rights:
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EDAN-URL:
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Dr. Lemuel Thomas and Son Frederick

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Lemuel Thomas, 1764 - ?  Search this
Frederick Thomas  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame (accurate): 88.9 x 78.7cm (35 x 31")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1795
Topic:
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Interior\Library  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Lemuel Thomas: Male  Search this
Frederick Thomas: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum
Object number:
2007-18-1 LHSM
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
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EDAN-URL:
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Susanna Carrington Thomas and Daughter Ann

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Susanna Carrington Thomas, 1764 - 1796  Search this
Ann Thomas  Search this
Medium:
oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Frame (accurate): 88.9 x 78.7cm (35 x 31")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1795
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Costume\Outerwear\Shawl  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Ribbon  Search this
Susanna Carrington Thomas: Female  Search this
Ann Thomas: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum
Object number:
2007-18-2 LHSM
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
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EDAN-URL:
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Mrs. Noah Smith and Her Children

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Henry Smith, c. 1787 - ?  Search this
Daniel Smith, 1789 - 1823  Search this
Noah Smith Jr., 1794 - 1825  Search this
Eliza Smith, c. 1795 - ?  Search this
Celia Smith, 1797 - 1876  Search this
Chloe Burrall Smith, 1757 - 1810  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
162.6 x 217.8cm (64 x 85 3/4")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1798
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Flower  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Bonnet  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Stool  Search this
Printed Material\Map  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Rug  Search this
Equipment\Sports Equipment\Equestrian Gear\Riding Crop  Search this
Home Furnishings\Curtain  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Couch  Search this
Chloe Burrall Smith: Female  Search this
Henry Smith: Male  Search this
Daniel Smith: Male  Search this
Noah Smith Jr.: Male  Search this
Eliza Smith: Female  Search this
Celia Smith: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number:
64.309.1 MMA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Winifred Striker and Sister, Ann Striker

Former Title:
The Stryker Sisters
Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Ann Striker, 1781 - 1860  Search this
Winifred Striker, 1782 - 1862  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
92.4cm x 67.1cm (36 3/8" x 26 7/16"), Sight
Type:
Painting
Date:
1787
Topic:
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Sash  Search this
Artwork\Painting\Landscape  Search this
Winifred Striker: Female  Search this
Ann Striker: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: The Butler Institute of American Art
Object number:
950-0-102
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Colonel WIlliam Taylor

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Colonel William Taylor  Search this
Type:
Painting
Date:
1790
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Art implements\Paintbrush  Search this
Art implements\Paintbrush  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this
Art implements\Canvas  Search this
Art implements\Maulstick  Search this
Colonel William Taylor: Gender  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Object number:
NY040049
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4bcb2e433-cdc8-4c16-a909-bbad8d581625
EDAN-URL:
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Abigail Stanley Whitman

Attribution:
Joseph Steward, 1753 - 1822  Search this
Copy after:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801 (Attribution)  Search this
Sitter:
Abigail Stanley Whitman, 24 Jul 1719 - 14 Nov 1795  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
101.1cm x 88.9cm (39 13/16" x 35"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1795?
Topic:
Abigail Stanley Whitman: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Connecticut Historical Society
Object number:
X1840-2-0
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Unidentified Man

Attribution:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Unidentified Man  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
76.2cm x 62.2cm (30" x 24 1/2"), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1785-1801
Topic:
Interior  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Art implements\Drawing board  Search this
Art implements\Porte-crayon  Search this
Unidentified Man: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Saint Louis Art Museum
Object number:
54:1930
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4de64821a-f3a5-440c-85fa-3bcfa415f7f1
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_54_1930

Abigail Taylor Woolsey

Artist:
Unidentified Artist  Search this
Copy after:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Abigail Taylor Woolsey, 1694 - 1771  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
127.6cm x 98.9cm (50 1/4" x 38 15/16"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
indeterminable
Topic:
Abigail Taylor Woolsey: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Yale University Art Gallery
Object number:
1951.5.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
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EDAN-URL:
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Daniel Boardman

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Daniel Boardman, 1757 - 1833  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Stretcher (Actual): 207.5 x 140.3cm (81 11/16 x 55 1/4")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1789
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Hat  Search this
Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this
Architecture\Building\Church  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Equipment\Walking stick\Cane  Search this
Nature & Environment\Hill  Search this
Architecture\Building  Search this
Architecture\Fence  Search this
Nature & Environment\Water\River  Search this
Artwork\Painting\Landscape  Search this
Costume\Jewelry\Fob  Search this
Daniel Boardman: Male  Search this
Daniel Boardman: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Dry-goods merchant  Search this
Daniel Boardman: Politics and Government\State Representative  Search this
Daniel Boardman: Military and Intelligence\Militia  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: National Gallery of Art
Object number:
1948.8.1 NGA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4728d5431-6a09-4b08-8fbe-d50732a445b8
EDAN-URL:
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Elijah Boardman

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Elijah Boardman, 1760 - 1832  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
210.8cm x 129.5cm (83" x 51"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1789
Topic:
Costume  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase  Search this
Costume\Footwear\Shoes  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Desk  Search this
Equipment\Drafting & Writing Implements\Writing implement\Pen\Quill  Search this
Architecture\Door  Search this
Elijah Boardman: Male  Search this
Elijah Boardman: Education and Scholarship\Scholar  Search this
Elijah Boardman: Politics and Government\US Senator\Connecticut  Search this
Elijah Boardman: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Dry-goods merchant  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Object number:
1979.395 MMA
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Data Source:
Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm479651ae0-a5f9-42dd-bfcd-a21e85b5313b
EDAN-URL:
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Mary Wright Alsop

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Mary Wright Alsop, 1740 - 1829  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
115.8 x 61.7cm (45 9/16 x 24 5/16")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1792
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Nature & Environment\Water\Stream  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Handkerchief  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap\Mobcap  Search this
Container\Box\Snuff box  Search this
Mary Wright Alsop: Female  Search this
Mary Wright Alsop: Business and Finance\Businessperson\Merchant\Shipping merchant  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object number:
1975.49.1
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm47d0750b0-7839-4a54-9b4d-3410e737886b
EDAN-URL:
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Mrs. Moses Seymour and Son Epaphroditus

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Molly Marsh Seymour, 1752 - 1826  Search this
Epaphroditus Seymour, 1783 - c. 1854  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
121.8cm x 91.5cm (47 15/16" x 36"), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1789
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Interior\Domestic  Search this
Molly Marsh Seymour: Female  Search this
Epaphroditus Seymour: Male  Search this
Epaphroditus Seymour: Business and Finance\Banking and Finance\Banker  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Saint Louis Art Museum
Object number:
35:1948
Restrictions & Rights:
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm45e00c9f6-d8be-430a-adfa-4bcdfed5daef
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_35_1948

John Callahan

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
John Callahan, 1745 - 1806  Search this
Medium:
Oil on bed ticking
Dimensions:
71.9cm x 61.1cm (28 5/16" x 24 1/16"), Accurate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1785
Topic:
John Callahan: Male  Search this
John Callahan: Natural Resource Occupations\Seaman\Sea captain  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Massachusetts Historical Society
Object number:
MA330062
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
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http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4cb7cc5b0-e5fb-46c6-b81a-e0ea632ac0f9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_MA330062

Oliver Ellsworth

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Oliver Ellsworth, 1745 - 1807  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
82.6 x 66cm (32 1/2 x 26")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1785
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Male  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Politics and Government\US Senator\Connecticut  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: UNLOCATED
Object number:
UNL00810
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm44a4f761c-9721-4c17-8b3e-c1f45c79ebb4
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_UNL00810

Silas Talbot

Artist:
Robert Edge Pine, c. 1730 - 1788  Search this
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Former attribution:
Benjamin West, 10 Oct 1738 - 11 Mar 1820  Search this
Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828  Search this
Sitter:
Silas Talbot  Search this
Medium:
Unrecorded
Type:
Painting
Date:
1784-85
Topic:
Costume\Headgear\Military  Search this
Exterior  Search this
Equipment\Optical Devices\Telescope\Spyglass  Search this
Symbols & Motifs\Medal\Society of the Cincinnati  Search this
Costume\Dress Accessory\Neckwear\Jabot  Search this
Silas Talbot: Male  Search this
Silas Talbot: Politics and Government\Congressman  Search this
Silas Talbot: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer  Search this
Silas Talbot: Military and Intelligence\Navy\Officer\Captain  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: UNLOCATED
Object number:
UNL01009
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4cf2595ef-c521-40b6-8396-0593f755e7fe
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_UNL01009

Robert Breck

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Robert Breck Jr., 1737 - 1799  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas on Masonite
Dimensions:
Stretcher: 104.3 × 82.2 cm (41 1/16 × 32 3/8")
Type:
Painting
Date:
1799
Topic:
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Exterior\Landscape  Search this
Costume\Hair Accessory\Wig  Search this
Robert Breck Jr.: Male  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: UNLOCATED
Object number:
UNL01944
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm41f6664c8-01be-4ebb-8489-e1a61b245d74
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_UNL01944

Oliver and Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth

Alternate Title:
Oliver Ellsworth and Wife
Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Oliver Ellsworth, 1745 - 1807  Search this
Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth, 1756 - 1818  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
193cm x 224.3cm (76" x 88 5/16"), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Place:
United States\Connecticut\Hartford\Windsor
Date:
1792
Topic:
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Seating\Chair  Search this
Nature & Environment\Clouds  Search this
Printed Material\Book  Search this
Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree  Search this
Interior\Interior with Exterior View  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Table  Search this
Printed Material\Papers  Search this
Home Furnishings\Drape  Search this
Architecture\Window  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Bookcase  Search this
Costume\Footwear\Shoes  Search this
Home Furnishings\Furniture\Carpet  Search this
Architecture\Fence  Search this
Architecture\Building\House  Search this
Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap\Mobcap  Search this
Abigail Wolcott Ellsworth: Female  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Male  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Law and Crime\Lawyer  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Politics and Government\US Senator\Connecticut  Search this
Oliver Ellsworth: Law and Crime\Judge\Justice\US Supreme Court Justice\Chief Justice of US  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Wadsworth Atheneum
Object number:
1903.7 WAMA
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Catalog of American Portraits
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1903.7_WAMA

Mary Floyd Tallmadge and Children, Henry Floyd Tallmadge and Maria Jones Tallmadge

Artist:
Ralph Earl, 11 May 1751 - 16 Aug 1801  Search this
Sitter:
Mary Floyd Tallmadge, 1763 - 1805  Search this
Henry Floyd Tallmadge, 1787 - 1854  Search this
Maria Jones Tallmadge, 1790 - 1878  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
200cm x 135.4cm (78 3/4" x 53 5/16"), Estimate
Type:
Painting
Date:
1790
Topic:
Henry Floyd Tallmadge: Male  Search this
Mary Floyd Tallmadge: Female  Search this
Maria Jones Tallmadge: Female  Search this
Portrait  Search this
Credit Line:
Owner: Litchfield Historical Society and Museum
Object number:
1917-04-2
Restrictions & Rights:
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Catalog of American Portraits
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm49044371e-3f85-4b74-8459-1008c45bde4b
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npg_1917-04-2

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