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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
Museum record:
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