(Mexican Child), (painting).

(Mexican Child), (painting).

Spencer, Lyman Potter, b. 1840, painter.

(Mexican Child), (painting).

(Lower right corner:) L P Spencer signed

A young Mexican boy sits on a step outside of a doorway with a dish in his lap and a wooden spoon held up to his mouth. A cat is beside his feet on the cobblestone lapping milk out of a bowl. A jug sits beside the boy on the step and a window is on the right.

Figure male -- Child

Ethnic -- Mexican

Architecture exterior -- Detail -- Door

Object -- Other -- Dish

Object -- Other -- Container

Greer, Alice F., 83A Ball Road, Syracuse, New York 13215

Formerly in the collection of Spencer, Paul, Mrs., estate of, Boerne, Texas

Greer, Alice F., 1990.

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