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Box, 2005.40.50, 10 1/8" x 13.15", by Adeline Hoyt, 1817. Image courtesy of Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association/Memorial Hall Museum.

About this Image

As part of her studies in the ornamental arts at Deerfield Academy, Adeline Hoyt painted a wooden box in 1817. All that remains of the box is the top, which depicts unidentified ruins in Europe, a scene likely copied from a print.