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Ideal Head — Dawn

(American, 1836–1923)
1886
Medium/TechniqueOil on paperboard
Dimensions24.45 x 22.86 cm (9 5/8 x 9 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird (Julia Appleton Bird)
Accession number66.853
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ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsReverse: Elihu Vedder/Rome 1886
ProvenanceThe artist; to Helen Mixter Appleton, Rome, March 8, 1886 ($150); to Mrs. Charles Sumner (Julia) Bird, her daughter; to MFA, 1966, gift of Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird.
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