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Portrait #1695
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Subject/Title:
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Byrn, (Mrs.) Allie Richardson |
| Artist: | Avent, Mayna Treanor 1868-1959 (not signed) |
| Date
Created: | ca. 1940 |
| Owner/Location: | Private Collection |
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| Image Dimensions: | 30 x 19 |
| Materials/Media: | Oil |
| Date Documented: | 10 September 2008 |
| Condition: | Excellent |
| Description: | Young girl facing three-quarter right and looking to the left of the viewer. Her brown hair is pulled back behind her ears, and she is wearing pearl drop earrings. Her grayish-green dress has covered buttons down the front and a blue ornament at the high, white lace neckline. The lace also is seen at her wrists emerging from the sleeves of her gold jacket. Her hands are resting on a green-upholstered surface and may be holding a nearly-closed fan. The dress is gathered in the skirt and pulled back into a bustle. |
| History of Work: | Portrait copied from "nearly destroyed" old portrait; original work ca. 1884 when subject was about 15 years old; Mrs. Avent was a life-long friend of the subject; work done ca. 1940; see portrait of husband C. H.
Byrn. |
| Notes: | Grandmother of owner - Subject born 1879, died 1947.
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