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Mrs. William Gordon Ver Planck and Her Son Samuel Hopkins Ver Planck

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a painting of a woman and a child. The woman has brown hair styled in braids on each side of her head. She wears a white dress with a blue fabric draped over her left shoulder. A child stands to her right. The child has short blonde hair and wears a white dress with a black sash around the waist. The child holds a pink flower to the woman's hair. The painting has a gold frame with a darker gold inner frame. The frame has a cracked pattern on its surface. The background of the image behind the frame is grey.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1828
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
550 × 624 px
Museum record:
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