Collection Highlights
Minaret Turkish Cigarettes
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.111.AMER.MIN
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Mother and Child
Object Number:
1945.449
Date:
1849
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 3/4 x 25 1/2 in. ( 78.1 x 64.8 cm )
frame: 40 x 35 1/2 x 4 in. (40 x 35 1/2 x 4 in.)
Gallery Label:
Huntington previously exhibited a Mother and Child (owned by P. Richards) at the National Academy in 1846, no. 196.
Bibliography:
The Poet and the Painter: or, Gems of Art and Song, New York: D. Appleton and COmpany, 1869, n.p.
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. I, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 184-7.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Louis A. Gillet
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
