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{
    "localId": "33186",
    "label": "Mr. R. Darden of Boston",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.479"
}

{
    "id": "33186",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.479",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Mr. R. Darden of Boston",
    "description": "Staigg left his native Leeds, England, for America in 1841 and settled in Newport, Rhode Island. An accomplished artist, he was sought after as a miniaturist, especially in Boston. Nothing is known of the sitter beyond his name and residence.",
    "provenance": "Owned by Herbert Lawton. Acquired by A. J. Fink, Baltimore; by bequest to A. J. Fink Foundation, Inc., Baltimore, 1963; given to Walters Art Museum, 1963.",
    "date": "1849",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/38.479",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Miniatures",
        "miniatures (paintings)",
        "portraits"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_38.479_Det_DD_T12.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_38.479_Det_DD_T12.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PS1_38.479_Det_DD_T12.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall (excluding frame) H: 4 5/16 × W: 3 3/8 in. (10.9 × 8.5 cm); Framed H: 10 1/16 × W: 9 5/16 × D: 7/8 in. (25.5 × 23.7 × 2.3 cm)"
}

{
    "inscriptions": "[Number] On sticker on reverse: 28",
    "med": "watercolor on ivory",
    "creator_ids": [
        "7125"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [
        "EAN"
    ],
    "exhibition_ids": [
        "3225"
    ]
}

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    "seq": 1,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PS1_38.479_Fnt_DD_T12.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d0abd53a2c70c200"
}