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Susan Lord

c. 1840
Henry Mundy

oil on canvas (frame: 96.5 cm x 84.0 cm, support: 76.0 cm x 63.5 cm)
Susan Lord

Purchased 2015

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2015.102.2
Gallery Six (Tim Fairfax Gallery)
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Artist and subject

Henry Mundy (age 42 in 1840)

Susan Lord (age 48 in 1840)

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1. Major Thomas Lord, c. 1840. 2. Martha Kermode, c. 1840. 3. Robert Kermode, c. 1840. All Henry Mundy.

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