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Portrait of Myrick Emerson

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Artist

Artist unknown

Date

about 1830–1840

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 61 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Cornelia Emerson, 1998

Object Number

UR294