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Medium: Painting
Influences/Attributions: Attributed to John Beale Bordley
Description: Half-length portrait shows Mrs. James Martha Phillips: dark-haired woman wearing white turban, black dress with full sleeves, and white fichu with small brooch. She is seated on red-upholstered sofa. Image has green background with column at left.
Sitter's Life Dates: d.1882
Signatures/Inscriptions/Labels: Inscription in pencil: "Restored 1927. / Miss Eliza of Harford County / Painted by John Beale Bordley of Malthias". Canvas stamp: "GUSTAV HELMICH / Studio 1231 Mt. Royal Ave / Baltimore, MD".
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