# Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon \(Virginia Purdy\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ZORN, Anders](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/zorn-anders-ra73b2f354d3ec7>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 171 x 108 cm

## Commentary

Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon \(Virginia Purdy\) 1897 Oil on canvas, 171 x 108 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This portrait was exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1897. It represents Mrs. Walter Rathbone Bacon \(Virginia Purdy, died 1919\), the wife of the president of B&amp;O Southwestern Railroad.

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## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)