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Portrait of a Young Woman

Samuel Worcester Rowse

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Black and white portrait drawing of a young woman. The woman has curly hair with a head covering on top. She wears two beaded necklaces. Her body and face are angled slightly to her right. The woman looks toward the viewer with a subtle, calm expression. The background behind the woman is plain and light-colored.

Artwork Details

Medium
Charcoal and gouache and white-chalk heightening on buff-colored wove paper, lined with linen and mounted on a strainer
Culture
American
Dimensions
448 × 624 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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