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Maker(s):Chandler, Joseph Goodhue
Culture:American (1813-1884)
Title:Mary Lyon
Date Made:19th century
Type:Painting
Materials:Oil on canvas
Place Made:North America; United States; Massachusetts; South Hadley
Measurements:Composition/canvas: 39 x 29 x 3/4 in.; 99.06 x 73.66 x 1.905 cm
Narrative Inscription:  Large stamp on the reverse of the canvas reads: Prepared/by/O.Searns/No. 9 Amo.... Hall/Boston
Accession Number:  MH 2004.1
Credit Line:Transfer from the Mount Holyoke College Library. Conserved with funds from the Cincinnati Mount Holyoke Club, 2004
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Mount Holyoke Female Seminary: Founder and Principal 1837-1849.

Three-quarter length portrait of seated female figure facing slightly to proper right wearing a white cap, white lace-edged collar, and dark dress. She holds a book, open to the viewer, in her proper right hand. The edge of the chair in which she sits shows slightly against a plain dark background.

Tags:
portraits

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