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The Artist's Mother-in-Law, Mrs. Birnie Philip

(American (active in England), 1834–1903)
about 1900–01
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink with brush and gray wash on off-white wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 11.4 x 17.7 cm (4 1/2 x 6 15/16 in. )
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number58.738
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDrawings
ProvenanceMiss R. Birnie Philip (artist's sister-in-law and executrix and daughter of the sitter), 1957; P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London, England; purchased by MFA, September 18, 1958.
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