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Portrait #753
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Subject/Title:
| Burroughs, Oliver Sturgis |
| Artist: | Unknown |
| Date Created: | ca. 1840 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
| Frame Dimensions: | 4.5 x 4.5 |
| Image Dimensions: | 2 x 2 |
| Materials/Media: | watercolor on ivory |
| Date Documented: | 12/6/2005 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
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| Description: | Miniature of a young man with dark hair parted low on his left side. Waves form a strong mass of hair on the right side of his head, with a prominent curl on his forehead. Dressed in a dark tie, wite shirt and high-collared (navy-blue?) coat. The frame is a ceramic floral that has been repaired. |
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| Notes: | Subject's father was Benjamin Burroughs, whose steamship was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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