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Portrait of an Old Lady

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

before 1750

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

32 1/4 x 25 1/4 in. (81.9 x 64.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of S. (L.) Greenleaf, 1851

Object Number

UR101