Moorish Guard

Edwin Lord Weeks American

ca. 1878

Not on view

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Title: Moorish Guard
Artist: Edwin Lord Weeks (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1849–1903 Paris)
Date: ca. 1878
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 23 x 12 1/2 in. (58.4 x 31.8 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2017
Object Number: 2017.202.14
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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