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Little Nell

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Artist

Robert Ball Hughes (1806–1868)

Date

about 1851

Medium

Plaster

Dimensions

49 5/16 x 23 11/16 x 38 1/2 in. (125.3 x 60.2 x 97.8 cm)

Credit Line

Athenæum acquisition, c1854

Object Number

UH23