John Oscar Kent and His Sister, Sarah Eliza Kent

Samuel Lancaster Gerry (American, 1813–1891)

1844

Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas

Dimensions76.52 x 63.5 cm (30 1/8 x 25 in.)

Credit LineGift in memory of their father, the sitter, by Miss Katharine A. Kent and Miss N. Pauline Kent

Accession number43.29

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InscriptionsReverse: S.L. Gerry./Paint. 1844ProvenanceAbout 1844, John and Mary Kent (parents of the sitters), Charlestown, MA; to their son, John Oscar Kent; to his daughters, Katharine A. Kent and N. Pauline Kent; 1943, gift of Katharine A. Kent and N. Pauline Kent to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 14, 1943)