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PIONEER MOTHER (PORTRAIT OF LULA GREENE RICHARDS)
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PIONEER MOTHER (PORTRAIT OF LULA GREENE RICHARDS)

Date1936
CountryUtah, USA
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions90.8 × 110.5 cm (35 3/4 × 43 1/2") (Image)
Frame: 96.5 × 123.2 cm (38 × 48 1/2")
Credit LineBrigham Young University Museum of Art
Object number820043529
DescriptionThe image is a portrait of an aged female figure seated in an out of door space; the figure is clothed in a black gown with a white lace jabot pinned with a broach at her neck, a large red toned shawl covers her shoulders and arms, a black bonnet covers her white hair, and she wears wire rimmed glasses. The figure is seated on a wooden slat bench and she holds a stem of lily of the valley in her left hand. The middle ground behind the figure is filled with trees and shrubs while beyond the background consists of a large mountain peak with the moon rising on the right.
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