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Collections: American Art: Mrs. Ebenezer Porter (Lucy "Patty" Pierce Merwin)

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Mrs. Ebenezer Porter (Lucy "Patty" Pierce Merwin)

Artist: Ralph Eleazer Whiteside Earl, American, ca. 1785-1838
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1804
Dimensions: 45 13/16 x 36 1/2 in. (116.4 x 92.7 cm)
Signature: Signed verso lower center: "Mrs. Patty Porter (decorative mark) / R. Earl pinxit, 1804"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 51.217
Credit Line: Gift of Colonel and Mrs. Edgar W. Garbisch
Image: Overall, 51.217_transp1841.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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