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Circular Design with Doves

(American, Philadelphia, 19th century)
about 1804
Medium/TechniqueCut paper
DimensionsSheet (diameter): 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
Framed (diameter): 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Mary Dahlgren Robinson
Accession number1990.215
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ClassificationsSilhouettes
Collections
InscriptionsLower Center: Monogram M
ProvenanceBy descent from the artist to her great-granddaughter, Mary Dahlgren (Mrs. Dwight P.) Robinson (b.1876 - d. 1936), Nashville, TN; to her stepson, Dwight Parker Robinson, Jr. (b. 1900 - d. 1989) and his wife, Mary G. Robinson, Brookline, MA; 1990, gift of Mary G. Robinson to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 28, 1990)