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The Strong Family, 1732
Charles Philips (British, 1708
1747)

Oil on canvas; 29 5/8 x 37 in. (75.2 x 94 cm)
Gift of Robert Lehman, 1944 (44.159)

 
The Hatch Family, 1870
71
Eastman Johnson (18241906)
Oil on canvas; 36 x 50 1/4 in. (91.4 x 127.6 cm)
Gift of Frederic H. Hatch, 1926 (26.97)

In a much earlier conversation piece, the British artist Charles Philips portrayed Edward Strong of Greenwich, England, master mason of Saint Paul's Cathedral, with his extended family. Master Strong stands to the right of the fireplace.


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