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The Thomas Sisters (Margaret Thomas Gardiner and Helen Thomas Warren)

(American, 1855–1941)
1901
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas mounted on Masonite
Dimensions95.25 x 112.39 cm (37 1/2 x 44 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Frederick L. W. Richardson III, Thomas W. Richardson and Daniel P. Richardson in memory of their mother, Helen Warren Richardson
Accession number1984.198
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
InscriptionsLower right: Geo de Forest Brush 1901
ProvenanceThe artist; to Mr. and Mrs. Washington B. Thomas, parents of the sitters; to Mrs. Samuel D. Warren (Helen Thomas, one of the sitters); to Helen Warren Richardson, her daughter; to Frederick L.W. Richardson III, Thomas W. Richardson and Daniel P. Richardson, her sons; to MFA, 1984, gift of Frederick L.W. Richardson III, Thomas W. Richardson and Daniel P. Richardson.
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