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This Work of Mine, I Leave My Friends . . .
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Sarah Ann Philips

This Work of Mine, I Leave My Friends . . .

1829

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Sarah Ann Philips

This Work of Mine, I Leave My Friends . . .

1829

Physical Qualities 25 3/4 x 17 3/8 in. (65.4 x 44.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dr. and Mrs. William Rush Dunton, Jr.
Object Number 1949.102
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1949; Dr. William Rush Dunton, Jr.

Inscribed: Stitched verse 'This work of mine I leave my friends/For you to look upon/ That you may sometimes think of me/When I am dead and gone...'

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