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A Happy Christmas To You

(English, 1866–1943)
about 1890
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor over graphite pencil with touches of pen and black ink on light weight card stock
DimensionsSheet: 10.5 x 18 cm (4 1/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Framed: 23 x 29.4 x 1.5 cm (9 1/16 x 11 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Jody S. Gill in memory of her mother, Betsy Beinecke Shirley
Accession number2010.1122
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ClassificationsDrawings / Watercolors
InscriptionsAt left, in graphite pencil: A happy / Christmas / to you
ProvenanceSold by Justin G. Schiller, Kingston, NY to Mrs. Betsy Beinecke Shirley; by inheritance to her daughter, Jody S. Gill, Milton, MA; 2010, year-end gift of Jody S. Gill to MFA. (Accession Date: January 26, 2011)
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