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Title
Miss Emily E. Parsons
Artist
John Sartain, 24 Oct 1808 - 25 Oct 1897
Sitter
Emily Elizabeth Parsons
Date
c. 1867
Type
Print
Medium
Steel engraving on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 21.6 × 13.8 cm (8 1/2 × 5 7/16")
Image: 12 × 8.9 cm (4 3/4 × 3 1/2")
Topic
Print
Emily Elizabeth Parsons: Female
Emily Elizabeth Parsons: Medicine and Health\Nurse
Emily Elizabeth Parsons: Medicine and Health\Administrator\Hospital administrator
Emily Elizabeth Parsons: Medicine and Health\Founder\Hospital founder
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift in honor of Mayme Burrill, R.N. and Mary Patricia Des Roches, R.N.
