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- Title:
Mary Adam
- Former Title(s):
Mary Robertson, Mrs. William Adam
- Date:
- 1754
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 37 x 28 inches (94 x 71.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
signed and dated 1754
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.513
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.513FR
- Subject Terms:
- book | chair | dress (costume) | fichu | linen (material) | mourning | mourning | pince-nez | portrait | ruffle | spectacles | woman
- Associated People:
- Adam, Mary
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:997
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