In early 19th-century america, some artists traveled from town to town seeking commissions for portrait paintings. Sitters would dress in their best outfits to have their likenesses captured, as was apparently the case here. Object Type: painting. Date: 1837. Place of creation: America, Ohio, Cleveland, 19th century. Dimensions: Framed: 87 x 71.8 x 5.7 cm (34 1/4 x 28 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.); Unframed: 76.5 x 61.2 cm (30 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art. Clevelandart 1991.134.2
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