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Three-quarter length portrait of young woman; head facing front, body turned to right (facing painter); brown hair, blue eyes; pinkish-beige off the shoulder dress with lace collar and cuffs; red shawl draped across arms; seated in curved back chair with dark green upholstery; wooden frame with elaborate gilt and gesso decoration.
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Back of canvas stamped ""R.Davy/83 Newman St./ Oxford St. London."" The no. ""895"" appears in a rectangle below two geometrical rosettes.
Homer, Elizabeth J. Rundlet, 1813-1839
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Davy, R. (Maker)
London, England; England
34.25 x 27.063 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.517
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