Murfree Children

Painting

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Name/Title

Murfree Children

Entry/Object ID

Murfree children

Description

The twin boys, Robert and John Murfree, are standing on either side of the ladder-backed chair where their sister, Virginia, is seated with her right hand on the chair seat and left in her lap. She is wearing a pink dress with a white pinafore and has a large pink bow on the right side of her curly brown hair. Robert, the boy on the viewer's left, is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and brown trousers, and John is in a blue shirt and darker blue pants and has a watch on his left arm.

Artwork Details

Medium

Pastel

Collection

Private Collection

Made/Created

Artist

Baker, Ruth

Date made

1987

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

Three children; daughter sitting, two sons standing. Daughter Virginia Shoop Phillips Murfree in First Grade; Twin sons Robert Brickell Murfree and John Phillips Murfree. These are the children of Robert Bell Murfree and Elizabeth Phillips Murfree.

Create Date

September 19, 2026

Update Date

September 19, 2026