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Joseph Griffiths

Date:: 1794
Medium:: Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:: 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in. (6.2 x 4.9 cm)
Classification:: Paintings
Credit Line:: Purchase, Bequest of Antoinette D. T. Throckmorton, by exchange, 1985
Accession Number:: 1985.141.8

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Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: [on verso of locket, engraved]: Joseph Griffiths 4th June 1794 [on rectangular paper label in modern hand]: Subject American / Sea Captain / Artist Unknown [crossed out] / c. 1794 [on small rectangular paper label, in modern hand]: 220
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