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Preliminary sketch for portrait of Cephas Brainerd to Eveline Brainerd

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04471.12 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Painting Date: 1913 Pagination: 1 art original : oil on canvas ; 45.7 x 38.1 cm Order a Copy

Bust portrait of Brainerd as a middle aged man with gray hair, wearing a suit. On unstretched canvas. Artist's signature is illegible.

Brainerd, Eveline, 1831-?
Brainerd, Cephas, 1831-1910

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