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Portrait study of Mills Thompson
Portrait study of Mills Thompson

Portrait study of Mills Thompson

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Object Details

Title:
Portrait study of Mills Thompson
Date:
Date unknown
Artist:
Medium:
Black and white pastel on blue paper
Dimensions
19 x 12 1/4 in.
Classification
Drawings-watercolors
Credit Line:
Gift of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 2015
Description

[bottom left in graphite]: Mills ThompsonMills Thompson was an art editor who posed for Oakley's Dante Window and possibly for the Yarnall House murals.

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