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Poems by William Cowper

ca. 1890-1905
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Framed: 14 in. × 16 in. × 1 1/2 in. (35.6 × 40.6 × 3.8 cm)
Purchase, Thomas Jefferson Bryan Fund
1990.6
Said to have come from a home in the Boston area.
DescriptionScene depicts a book of poems by William Cowper, a volume of William Shakespeare, several unidentified books, a pipe, a match and an iridescent vase in which the artist's studio is reflected.
SignedSigned at lower right: "Claude Raguet Hirst NY."
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
A Novel Project: A Sentimental Sally
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Sunday Lessons. No. 1.
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1937.604
Bookseller advertisement
Andrew Barclay
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2002.1.3450
Handkerchief
New-England Chemical Printing Company
ca. 1830-1839
1944.274
Choice Thoughts from Longfellow
Milton Bradley
1890
2000.521
Primary Lesson No. 8
Boston Chemical Printing Company
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1952.317
Window of the Studio
Liza Foner
ca. 1980
2001.184