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Eliza Bradley Beanes Cross (Mrs. Trueman Cross)
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Samuel Lovett Waldo (1783-1861)
Eliza Bradley Beanes Cross (Mrs. Trueman Cross) c. 1825
Oil on canvas
35 3/4 x 27 27/32 in.(90.8 x 70.7 cm.)
Holding Institution: Maryland Historical Society
Accession: 1964-18-2
  About the Artist
  Artist: Samuel Lovett Waldo (1783-1861)
  About the Artwork
  Medium: Painting
Description: Half-length, seated portrait shows Eliza Bradley Beanes Cross (Mrs. Trueman Cross): woman wearing brown dress with square cut neck, lace collar, and lace over arm. She holds hat by blue velvet ribbons and sits in romantic setting with log, leaves, and trees. Heavily clouded sky is also seen.
Sitter's Life Dates: 1800-1833
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Glued paper business card: "C01.5-8842 / Restorer Lefh - 1933 / CK V. Sept - 1945 / by Pierre J. Martin RESTORER of Fine Paintings / 130 West 57th Street New City". Label remnant and "MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS / BOST SSACHUSETTS"
 
 
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