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Portrait of a Lady

Edward Dalton Marchant

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a lady in a blue dress. The lady has fair skin and long brown hair curled into ringlets that hang on either side of her shoulders. Her hair is parted down the middle and pulled back from her face. She wears a blue dress with an off-the-shoulder neckline. The dress has a bow at the top. A small black brooch is fastened to the center of the bow. A red curtain is behind the lady on the left. The portrait is in a gold frame surrounded by a red and green case. The case is open.

Artwork Details

Date
1842
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Culture
American
Dimensions
550 × 625 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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