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Portrait of a Lady

John Carlin

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait of a woman. The woman has dark hair parted in the middle and pulled into low side curls. She has light eyes and wears a dark velvet V-neck dress with white lace trim on the collar. The woman wears a black choker with a white rectangular pendant. Her body faces slightly right and she looks at the viewer. The background is a textured wall that is lighter on the left and darker on the right. The artist's name and date are handwritten in white on the lower left.

Artwork details

Date:
1844
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
537 × 625 px
Museum record:
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