An oil painting of a young girl cradling a black cat and holding an open book on her lap.

Girl with Cat

Ammi Phillips (1788-1865)

Date

ca. 1814
Object Type

Paintings
Medium

Oil on canvas
Dimensions

30 x 25 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
on stretcher, in ink: The Thompson family \ Averill people Cooperstown
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1967.199
Copyright

Public domain

Location: On view

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