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Ann Maria Failing

Art

Oval portrait of Ann Maria Failing, a young woman with a comb in her "done-up" brown hair. Black dress has low, straight neck-line. Background color is brown-tan. Molded frame of gesso and gold leaf and with an oval gilded inset (mat) also molded. In pencil on back of panel: "PAINTED BY MR. PALMER, 1827 CANANDAIGUA"

71.118.1A-1B

Oil on Panel

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Palmer, Randall

Mr. Randall Palmer

1827

Frame Size: 24 1/2 x 20 1/16 Image Size: 19 7/8 x 15 7/8

Failing, Ann Maria

75.41.1

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