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Study for The Dead Alchemist

Elihu Vedder

American Art

MEDIUM Oil on canvas mounted on composition board
DATES 1866
DIMENSIONS 6 3/16 x 8 1/2 in. (15.7 x 21.6 cm) frame: 12 1/2 x 15 in. (31.8 x 38.1 cm)
SIGNATURE Signed lower left: "Copyright 1899 by E. Vedder"
INSCRIPTIONS Inscribed on mounting verso: "'The Dead Alchemist'/ Paris Feb 1866/ signed on back of/ canvas-- 'Elihu Vedder'/ re-mounted in 1929 by/ GRBarse N.A."
COLLECTIONS American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 84.15
CREDIT LINE Healy Purchase Fund B
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
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