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Portrait of a Young Woman
Vincent Colyer (American, 1825–1888)
1856
Medium/Technique
Black chalk heightened with white on buff paper
Dimensions
Sheet (oval, sight): 50.8 x 40 cm (20 x 15 3/4 in.)
Framed (oval): 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
Framed (oval): 66 x 55.9 cm (26 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Barbara Whitley in memory of her grandmother Mrs. J. J. McGill
Accession Number1995.723
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
DescriptionLater Mrs. Henry C. Morse of Boston.
InscriptionsSigned at right: V Colyer / May 1856. Framed in gold oval frame.
ProvenanceMrs. Henry C. Morse, Boston, MA; Mrs. J.J. McGill; Barbara Whitley (granddaughter of J.J. McGill), Westmount, Quebec, Canada; gift to MFA, September 1995.