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Anti-Slavery Picnic at Weymouth Landing, Massachusetts, c. 1845. Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with pen and black ink, graphite, and collage of painted and metallic papers, on tan wove paper.
Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with pen and black ink, graphite, and collage of painted and metallic papers, on tan wove paper · 66 × 92 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- Anti-Slavery Picnic at Weymouth Landing, Massachusetts
- Artist
- Susan Torrey Merritt American, 1826-1879
- Date
- c. 1845
- Medium
- Watercolor and opaque watercolor, with pen and black ink, graphite, and collage of painted and metallic papers, on tan wove paper
- Dimensions
- 66 × 92 cm (26 × 36 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1826–1879
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.