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Collections: American Art: Portrait of a Lady

Portrait of a Lady

Artist: Seymour Joseph Guy, American, 1824-1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dates: 1856
Dimensions: 35 7/16 x 29 in. (90 x 73.7 cm)
Inscriptions: Inscribed lower right (initials in monogram) on fan: "SJ Guy, N.Y. 1856"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 77.219.2
Credit Line: Designated Purchase Fund
Image: Overall, 77.219.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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