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Thomas Beale Wales

Artist

George Peter Alexander Healy (American 1813–1894)

Date

1842

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

29 15/16 x 25 1/8 in. (76 x 63.8 cm)

Inscription

Inscribed on lower left: : G. P. A. Healy / 1842.”

Credit Line

Gift of Joseph H. Wales, 1985

Object Number

UR206

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