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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice Delancey)

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Next we visited the Gallery of Colonial Art...
The props in this artwork are symbols of this couples wealth. The antique items (like the statue, colluseum, ancient column and urn) represent their grand tour of Europe.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Izard (Alice Delancey)

1775
John Singleton Copley
Overall: 174.6 x 223.5cm (68 3/4 x 88in.) Framed: 203.2 x 254 x 10.2 cm (80 x 100 x 4 in.)
Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings


Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Edward Ingersoll Brown Fund
Accession number: 03.1033

Not on view

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