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This is the only surviving portrait of her and shows her in the intimacy of a domestic setting.
Title
Mary Ellen Meredith (1821–1861)
Date
1858
Medium
pencil on laid paper
Measurements
H 11.9 x W 9.1 cm
Accession number
WA2003.97
Acquisition method
purchased (Bouch Fund) with the assistance of The Art Fund, the Friends of the Ashmolean, Michael Barclay, and others, 2003
Work type
Drawing
Inscription description
dated 1858
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH England
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