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Dutch Kitchen

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1725

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

15 1/4 x 21 7/16 in. (38.8 x 54.5 cm)

Object Number

UR58

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Mr. & Mrs. Neal

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

7 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (18.7 x 15.9 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Jewell, 1951

Object Number

UR55

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    Artist unknown

Landscape with Canal, Boats and Figures

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1720–1750

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

32 1/16 x 39 15/16 in. (81.4 x 101.5 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Julia Moore (Mrs. Calvin) Austin, 1946

Object Number

UR56

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    Artist unknown

Seaport with Figures

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1650–1680

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 1/4 x 46 5/16 in. (76.9 x 117.7 cm)

Credit Line

Provenance unknown, by 1839, [1839]

Object Number

UR53

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    Artist unknown

Elisha Ticknor

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1816–1821

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

28 1/16 x 24 in. (71.3 x 61 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Harriette Low, 1956

Object Number

UR49

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    Artist unknown

Landscape (Hudson River?)

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

19 15/16 x 30 5/16 in. (50.6 x 77 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Charles E. Mason Jr., 1966

Object Number

UR46b

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    Artist unknown

Weir River, Hingham

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

19 15/16 x 30 5/16 in. (50.6 x 77 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Charles E. Mason, Jr., 1966

Object Number

UR46a

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    Artist unknown

Landscape with a House and a Boy Playing with a Hoop

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1870–1880

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

16 1/4 x 19 11/16 in. (41.2 x 50 cm) (oval)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. William S. Shurcliff in memory of Harriot C. Curtis, 1975

Object Number

UR35

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    Artist unknown

Spruce Court, Beacon Hill, Boston

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Oil on masonite board

Dimensions

24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Stanley Ellis Cushing, 2010

Object Number

UR328

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Lucy (Coolidge) Adams

Artist

Artist unknown

Date

n.d.

Medium

Pastel on paper [?]

Dimensions

23 x 17 in. (58.4 x 43.2 cm) (oval)

Description

Oval female portrait, bust length, middle aged woman wearing lace collar with bow and lace cap with ribbons

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Katherine Livermore Lahee, 2008

Object Number

UR323

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