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Family Group

Artist: Frederick R. Spencer, American, 1806-1875
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1840
Dimensions: 29 1/8 x 36 in. (74 x 91.4 cm)
Signature: Signed lower right: "Painted by F.R. Spencer / 1840"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, Everyday Life/A Nation Divided, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 57.68
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 57.68_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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