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Signature: houdon.f./1778 (on back)
Jean Antoine Houdon ; left by Houdon with Robert Edge Pine ; possibly Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (by 1785 and in 1802) ; possibly Eleuthère Irénée du Pont ; possibly Nicholas Cruger ; or his daughter-in-law, Catharine Church ; her husband, Betram Peter Cruger ; their son, John Church Cruger , New York (by 1836) ; his son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Bard , New York ; their son, John Bard (until 1872; to MMA)