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Little Ida

Charles Calverley

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White sculpture of a young girl's head and shoulders. The girl is depicted in profile, facing right. She has a head wrap on her head, which is tied with a bow at the top. Her hair is pulled back underneath the head wrap. She is wearing two strands of beads around her neck and a single earring in her ear. The sculpture is signed "C. Calverley" in the bottom-left corner. The background of the image is a plain white surface.

Artwork details

Date:
1869; carved 1881
Medium:
Marble
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
481 × 624 px
Museum record:
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