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Mary Narcissa Barrett Bent

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Artist

Joseph Greenleaf Cole (1806–1858) attrib.

Date

about 1840

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 1/8 x 25 1/8 in. (76.5 x 63.8 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mildred Bent, granddaughter of the sitter, 1977

Object Number

UR159