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Mrs. Rhys Carpenter (née Eleanor Houston Hill)
Mrs. Rhys Carpenter (née Eleanor Houston Hill)

Mrs. Rhys Carpenter (née Eleanor Houston Hill)

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Object Details

Title:
Mrs. Rhys Carpenter (née Eleanor Houston Hill)
Date:
1928
Artist:
Medium:
Sanguine, brown and white pastel on paper on board under framing mat
Dimensions
12 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[lower right of drawing in brown pencil]: Violet Oakley / 1928; [bottom left of drawing in graphite]: Mrs. Rhys Carpenter; [verso in black ink]: Mrs. Rhys Carpenter / V.O.

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