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Portrait of George Burnham by Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of George Burnham

Cecilia Beaux · 1887

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DETAILS
Artist
Cecilia Beaux
Date
1887
Location
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Culture
United States
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Cecilia Beaux

Cecilia Beaux, an American artist, was renowned for her elegant Gilded Age portraits and was the first woman to teach art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

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