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Group portrait study of Barbara, Ethel and Willard Emerson, Jr.
Group portrait study of Barbara, Ethel and Willard Emerson, Jr.

Group portrait study of Barbara, Ethel and Willard Emerson, Jr.

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Object Details

Title:
Group portrait study of Barbara, Ethel and Willard Emerson, Jr.
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Pastel on gray paper
Dimensions
9 x 12 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Barbara -- Ethel -- Willard Jr.; [verso in graphite]: ? / L.G.Lounging on a dock are Edith Emerson's sister-in-law, Ethel (née Mole), with her children Barbara (later Mrs. Paul B. McMahon)and Willard Jr. Ethel and Willard I. Emerson had two other children, Ann (later Emerson Meeks) and Jonathan E. Emerson

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