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Thomas Worthington Whittredge

The Old Mill

1874

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The Old Mill

Thomas Worthington Whittredge

The Old Mill

Thomas Worthington Whittredge

The Old Mill

1874

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, Framed: 24 1/4 x 28 1/8 x 4 in. (61.6 x 71.4 x 10.2 cm) Unframed: 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm) Sight: 11 1/4 x 15 in. (28.6 x 38.1 cm)
Credit Line Bequest of Dr. James R. Duke, Baltimore
Object Number 2012.565
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; James R. Duke, Baltimore by purchase, 1996; Paul Hall, Baltimore by purchase, 1996; Thomas Colville Fine Art, New Haven, CT
Buffalo Fine Art Academy, Buffalo, NY, 1874, no. 148

Inscribed: Signed LR, W. Whittredge; titled on reverse

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