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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.
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