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The Ocean Viewers

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Artist

Alice M. Frye Leach (American 1857–1943)

Date

about 1900

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

6 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. (15.9 x 13.3 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Frye Leach, 1985

Object Number

UR208

Elizabeth Frye Leach at age one

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Artist

Alice M. Frye Leach (American 1857–1943)

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on wood

Dimensions

3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm) (round)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Frye Leach, 1984

Object Number

UR202

Elizabeth Frye Leach

Artist

Alice M. Frye Leach (American 1857–1943)

Date

1901–1902

Medium

Oil on artists’ board

Dimensions

10 1/16 x 6 1/8 in. (25.5 x 15.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Frye Leach, 1984

Object Number

UR203

Portrait of a Woman

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Artist

Alice M. Frye Leach (American 1857–1943)

Date

1910

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Frye Leach, 1984

Object Number

UR198

The Hand Organ Woman

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Artist

Alice M. Frye Leach (American 1857–1943)

Date

1889

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

29 15/16 x 25 in. (76 x 63.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Frye Leach, daughter of the artist, 1983

Object Number

UR193

Porcelain Gallery, Boston Museum of Fine Arts

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Artist

Alice M. Frye Leach (American 1857–1943)

Date

about 1877

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

21 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. (55.5 x 42.5 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed on lower right: ALICE M. FRYE

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Frye Leach, daughter of the artist, 1977

Object Number

UR160