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Phoebe Harriet Crane Eames (1822-1892)
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Phoebe Harriet Crane Eames (1822-1892)

1894
Charcoal, crayon, and chalk on beige paper
Overall: 20 x 16 in. ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )
mat: 50 1/4 x 26 1/4 x 3 in. ( 127.6 x 66.7 x 7.6 cm )
Bequest of Wilberforce Eames
1940.331
Phoebe Harriet Crane was the wife of Nelson Eames and the mother of Wilberforce Eames, the donor of her portrait.
DescriptionPortrait
InscribedInscribed at lower right with eraser: "Marlowe / 94"; reputedly old label on verso inscribed: "Ed. Marlowe / Crayon Artist / 130 East 50th St."
ClassificationsDRAWINGS