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John Townsend (American, 1732–1809) · c. 1780–95 · Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States

Custody: Museum · Type: Decorative Art · Status: Active

Recorded provenance

• unknown: → (cleveland) Oliver Wolcott, Sr [1726-1797], a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, commissioned from the maker.; Thence by descent through the Wolcott, Tuckerman, Minturn, Draper, Buchanan families.; The Cleveland Museum of Art

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