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Edward Blake Parkman

Sarah Goodridge

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The portrait depicts a young child. The child has fair skin and curly, reddish-brown hair that stops above the shoulders. The child has blue eyes. The child has pink cheeks. The child wears a red velvet coat with fur trim on shoulders and cuffs. The coat has a large white ruffled collar. The background is a blue and white gradient. The portrait is in a gold frame with a red velvet backing. The frame is rectangular. The portrait is of Edward Blake Parkman by Sarah Goodridge.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
521 × 624 px
Museum record:
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