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James Brown (dates uknown), “Portrait of a Woman, possibly Abigail Dewey,” Massachusetts, 1806,…
Portrait of a Woman, possibly Abigail Dewey
James Brown (dates uknown), “Portrait of a Woman, possibly Abigail Dewey,” Massachusetts, 1806,…
James Brown (dates uknown), “Portrait of a Woman, possibly Abigail Dewey,” Massachusetts, 1806, Oil on canvas, 34 1/2 × 29 in., Collection American Folk Art Museum, New York, Partial gift of Eileen M. Smiles and David A. Schorsch, and museum purchase with major funds provided by the Eva Feld Acquisition Fund and Irwin and Elizabeth V. Warren, and additional funds from Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Michael I. and Joan Murtagh Frankel, Drs. Suzanne and Michael Payne, Joanne and Fred Siegmund, Nancy Kollisch and Jeffrey Pressman, Brett A. Robbins, Su-Ellyn Stern and Andrew McMaster, 2016.12.1. Photo by Gavin Ashworth.
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Portrait of a Woman, possibly Abigail Dewey

Date1806
Place/RegionMassachusetts
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions34 1/2 × 29"
Credit LinePartial gift of Eileen M. Smiles and David A. Schorsch, and museum purchase with major funds provided by the Eva Feld Acquisition Fund and Irwin and Elizabeth V. Warren, and additional funds from Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Michael I. and Joan Murtagh Frankel, Drs. Suzanne and Michael Payne, Joanne and Fred Siegmund, Nancy Kollisch and Jeffrey Pressman, Brett A. Robbins, Su-Ellyn Stern and Andrew McMaster
Accession number2016.12.1
CopyrightThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.
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