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Boy at a Writing Table

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1840–1860

Medium

Oil on panel

Dimensions

13 1/4 x 10 in. (33.7 x 25.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Louis Agassiz Shaw, 1991

Object Number

UR240