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Gift of Robert B. English, Jr., 1975.18.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermin…
Mabel Bacon Plimpton English
Gift of Robert B. English, Jr., 1975.18.0, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined

Mabel Bacon Plimpton English

PainterPainted by Alton Stanley Tobey American, 1914 - 2005
Date1941
MediumPainting; oil on masonite in frame
DimensionsFrame (height x width): 45 3/8 × 38 1/4in. (115.3 × 97.2cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Robert B. English, Jr.
DescriptionPortrait of Mabel Bacon Plimpton English by Alton S. Tobey. English is seated in an arm chair with her legs crossed, facing slightly right. She is wearing a long mauve-colored dress with a V neck. Over it, she wears a light-colored fur coat with a light gray fox collar which goes all the way down the front on the coat's right side but stops midway on the left. She is wearing a necklace. She has gray hair and blue eyes.
Object number1975.18.0
On View
Not on view
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