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Mrs. George Burroughs (Mary Fullerton)

Anson Dickinson

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white photograph of a painting of a woman's bust. The woman has fair skin, brown eyes, and short, curled brown hair. She wears a bonnet with a large bow on top and a ruffled edge. The bonnet is light-colored. She also wears a dark-colored dress with a large, ruffled collar. The portrait is in a thin, dark frame surrounded by a gray fabric-covered box that is open, with the left and right panels folded back. The background behind the box is white.

Artwork Details

Date
1825–30
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Culture
American
Dimensions
532 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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