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The Prodigal Son Reclaimed

Mary Ann Willson · c. 1815

Mary Ann Willson: Documented works 1815–1815 (not lifespan)

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The Prodigal Son Reclaimed

c. 1815

pen and black ink and watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

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Medium
pen and black ink and watercolor
Dimensions
image: 31.8 x 25.4 cm (12 1/2 x 10 in.) sheet: 39.7 x 33.3 cm (15 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.) framed: 49.4 x 42.2 x 3 cm (19 7/16 x 16 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Collection no.
1966.13.23
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By the artist
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CC0 1.0License details

Mary Ann Willson. The Prodigal Son Reclaimed. Mary Ann Willson; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: National Gallery of Art

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The Prodigal Son Reclaimed — Mary Ann Willson. c. 1815.

Medium: pen and black ink and watercolor.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): image: 31.8 x 25.4 cm (12 1/2 x 10 in.) sheet: 39.7 x 33.3 cm (15 5/8 x 13 1/8 in.) framed: 49.4 x 42.2 x 3 cm (19 7/16 x 16 5/8 x 1 3/16 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1966.13.23. Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch.

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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Mary Ann Willson. The Prodigal Son Reclaimed. Mary Ann Willson; Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington; Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch. CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.