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Collection Highlights

Portrait of an Unidentified Woman
ca. 1700-1725
1952.80
Oil on canvas
Artist/Maker: Unidentified Artist

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Panel:
Title
Panel:
Object name 
Kerchief
Date 
1876
Medium 
Cotton
Dimensions 
Overall: 19 3/4 x 25 in. ( 50.2 x 63.5 cm )
Description 
Cotton copper-engraved kerchief with an image of Memorial Hall art gallery with an American bald eagle and shield above; printed in black ink on a white ground; red star border.
Credit Line 
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number 
1944.215
Marks 
printed: on eagle's banner: "E/ PLURIBUS/ UNUM" printed: at bottom: "MEMORIAL HALL/ ART GALLERY/ 1776 CENTENNIAL 1876"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.