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We Retired to Our Airy Castle
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We Retired to Our Airy Castle
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Elenore Plaisted Abbott
(American, 1875 - 1935)
We Retired to Our Airy Castle
Mixed media on illustration board
ca. 1914
14 7/8 × 9 7/8 in. (37.8 × 25.1 cm)
79.8.2
Purchased with the Museum Volunteers’ Fund, 1979
Not On View
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