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Catherine Brooks Hall

Shepard Alonzo Mount

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The portrait depicts a woman wearing a black dress with long sleeves and a white bib-like collar. A white frilly bonnet covers her hair. She wears glasses and holds a pair of glasses in her right hand. The background features a painting of a landscape to her left and a red curtain to her right.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
491 × 624 px
Museum record:
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