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Engraving of a young girl dressed in a long dress with a waist bow and a straw hat with a bow. The girl is holding a basket of berries in her right hand and has two berries held up in her left hand. A grove of trees and a small cottage are behind her. Frame: 1/2 in. black.
portraits
prints (visual works)
engraving (printing process)
paper (fiber product)
cottages
figure- and animal-derived motifs
girls
summer (season)
Picture
Portrait
Unidentified Paper
Stipple Engraved
Girl
Cottage
Summer
Portrait
Printed beneath print: ""Pubd. as the Act directs 1 Augt. 1792 by C. Sheppard No. 75 St. Peters Hill. Docts. Comms. London.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Sheppard, C. (Maker)
London, England
9 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.1562
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