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Mrs. Joseph Randolph Coolidge (Julia Gardner)
William Morris Hunt (American, 1824–1879)
American
1861
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Length x width: 117.5 × 89.9 cm (46 1/4 × 35 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Hamilton Coolidge
Accession Number2019.1981
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings
Marks
Signed and dated, center right: WM Hunt 1861 (initials in monogram)
Provenance1861, commissioned from the artist by the sitter, Julia Gardner Coolidge (b. 1841 – d. 1921), and her husband, Joseph Randolph Coolidge (b. 1828 – d. 1925), Boston; by descent through the Coolidge family to the sitter’s great-grandson, Hamilton Hamilton Coolidge (b. 1924 – d. 2018), Ashland, NH; 2019, bequest of Hamilton Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession date: December 11, 2019)