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Family Group

(French, 1815–1879)
1866
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions40.6 x 32 cm (16 x 12 5/8 in.)
Credit LineJulia Bradford Huntington James Fund
Accession number99.4
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceDoll and Richards, Boston. Possibly by 1867, Thomas Gold Appleton (b. 1812 - d. 1884), Boston [see note 1]; to his half-brother, Nathan Appleton (b. 1843 - d. 1906), Boston; 1899, sold by Nathan Appleton to the MFA for $300. (Accession Date: May 8, 1899)

NOTES:
[1] This may be the "sketch" by Couture that Appleton lent to an exhibition at the Allston Club, Boston, in 1867 (cat. no. 3).
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