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William Michael Harnett

Memento Mori, "To This Favour"

1879
oil on canvas
61.3 × 81.5 cm (24.1 × 32.1 in)

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Harnett’s family left Ireland during the potato famine and emigrated to the United States.

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