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Miss Emeline Parker of Lowell, Massachusetts

Ruth Whittier Shute

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a woman with fair skin and brown eyes. The woman has dark brown, curly hair pulled back from her face. She wears dangling earrings. Her dress is primarily lavender with lighter lace overlay on the sleeves and around the low neckline. The dress has a white collar that buttons at the neck and a decorative white and black band around the waist. The woman holds a folded piece of paper with both hands. The background is brown with darker streaks. The portrait is framed in black.

Artwork details

Date:
1832
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, graphite, and gold foil on heavy, white wove paper
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
504 × 625 px
Museum record:
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